POTD May 20, 2014: Long Canyon viewed from Pucker Pass, Grand County, Utah
Long Canyon viewed from Pucker Pass, Grand County, Utah
Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2013
At Long Canyon, stream erosion has carved a deep gorge into the east limb of the Cane Creek anticline. The canyon exposes dark-brown Triassic-age shale and sandstone of the Moenkopi and Chinle Formations capped by vertical cliffs of Triassic and Jurassic-age sandstone of the Wingate and Kayenta Formations.