A goblet-shaped hoodoo formed in sandstone of the Early Cretaceous-age Burro Canyon Formation. The top is cemented by silica, making it more resistant to weathering than the softer rock at the base.
Near Blanding, San Juan County, Utah. Photo by Don DeBlieux.
Kane Gulch, San Juan County.
Photo by Andy Cvar.
Corrugated, conchoidal fracture pattern in blocks of Cedar Mesa Sandstone. The sandstone was deposited during the Early Permian in a trade-wind-blown sand sea.
Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Grand County, Utah
Photographer: Marshall Robinson; © 2015
Delicate Arch, a 65-foot-tall natural arch in Arches National Park, Grand County, is composed of Jurassic-age sandstone including the Slick Rock Member of the Entrada Sandstone (base and pedestals) and Moab Member of the Curtis Formation (bridge).
Take this in over your outdoor daydream today.
Provo Falls, Summit County, Utah
Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2015
As the Provo River plunges off the south side of the Uinta Mountains along the Mirror Lake Highway, it cascades over innumerable ledges of Precambrian-age Uinta Mountain Group sandstone.
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Garfield County, Utah
Photographer: Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2014
Hematite concretions eroded from the Navajo Sandstone.
Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Mark Milligan; © 2014
Petroglyphs carved into desert varnish-covered sandstone near Ivins, Washington County.
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