Bryce Canyon National Park

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Recently, Barbara, Toby and I visited Bryce Canyon National Park. This is a beautiful park with its multicolored rock, hoodoo’s, canyon walls, windows and stunning vistas. The rocks, the Clarion Formation, that make up Bryce Canyon were formed approximately 50 million years ago in shallow lakes that covered the region. When the Colorado Plateau began rising approximately 16 million years ago the area that makes up todays Bryce Canyon rose to an elevation of approximately 7,900 feet mean sea level. Bryce Canyon makes up the top step of the Escalante Grand Staircase National Monument.

This is Cedar Breaks National Monument, a smaller version of Bryce Canyon.
The crack in the rock in the distance is Zion National Park.
A partially frozen Navajo Lake.
This is a good photo of a wall with a window.
A sea of hoodoo’s.
More hoodoo’s.

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I am a retired professional geologist who loves hiking, photography and travelling with my lovely wife Barbara.

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