POTD June 18, 2013: Bryce Canyon National Park, Garfield County Utah

 

 

Garfield County
Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg

Windows form within the Tertiary-age Claron Formation as wind and water erode the brightly colored sandstone and siltstone into fins and hoodoos at Bryce Canyon National Park. Thor’s Hammer, the official icon of the Utah Geological Survey, is visible in the lower-right corner.