A hard cap rock protects the softer underlying pedestal and neck of this hoodoo in the Jurassic-age Entrada Sandstone, in the Toadstools area of Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Kane County.
Photographer: Mark Milligan © 2016
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Alstrom Point, Kane County, Utah
Photographer: Marshall Robinson; © 2016
Lake Powell’s Gunsight Bay as seen from Alstrom Point, Kane County.
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Bluff of Entrada Sandstone at Bullfrog, Kane County, Utah
Photographer: Grant Willis; © 2015
The mornings are becoming a little crisper, and night comes a little quicker. It won’t belong before we see this scene!
Zion National Park, Kane County, Utah
Photographer: Adam Hiscock; © 2015
Snow highlights cross-bedding on the sides of buttes and mesas along the Clear Creek drainage on the east side of Zion National Park. Cross-beds in the nearly 2,000-foot-thick Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone formed in ancient sand dunes and reflect changing wind directions as the sand was being deposited.
Colorful Canyon on the Paria Plateau, Kane County, Utah
Photographer: Gregg Beukelman
Not only does Utah’s geology make for stunning landscapes, the textures are pretty great too!
Paria Plateau, Kane County, Utah
Photographer: Tyler Knudsen; © 2013
Liquefaction features in Navajo Sandstone, Paria Plateau, Kane County.
Buckskin Gulch, Kane County, Utah
Photographer: Valerie Davis; © 2013
Canyon walls of Buckskin Gulch, Kane County.
The “Tower of Silence” along Wahweap Creek, Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Kane County, Utah
Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2013
Boulders of Cretaceous-age Dakota Sandstone act as protective caps and inhibit erosion of the soft Jurassic-age Entrada Sandstone beneath, allowing hoodoo spires to form. Water cascading over the Entrada Sandstone during rainstorms has carved an intricate network of rills.
Here’s a rockin’ scenic view to jump start another weekend!
The Rimrocks, Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Kane County, Utah
Photographer: Taylor Boden; © 2012
Spire-like formations called “toadstools” form where resistant sandstone boulders of Cretaceous-age Dakota Formation (toadstool caps) protect the underlying, softer, Jurassic-age Entrada Sandstone (toadstool stems) from erosion. Beneath their protective caps, the spires stand tall above the surrounding eroded landscape.
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