POTD September 3, 2014: Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah

We can’t get enough of that jaw-dropping Utah geology—here’s another gorgeous photo to help kick off your Wednesday.

Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Tyler Knudsen; © 2013

Fall foliage adorns the already colorful walls of Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone in the Zion Narrows. The North Fork of the Virgin River has cut the 1000-foot-deep Narrows in a relatively short span of geologic time (about 1 to 2 million years).