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Chelser Park, Canyonlands National Park: These odd looking rock formations have mushroom-shaped tops. The base of the formations are terracotta red and the “caps” are tan. In the background taller formations can be seen with horizontal cracks running all the way across them. Green shrubbery...; Format: image/photograph

Formations in Castle Valley, near Moab, Utah: Rock formations in Castle Valley near Moab, Utah, looking towards the Priests and Nuns formations. The formations rise high above the surrounding area. Castle Valley is a very small community, home to roughly 350 people including several musicians, authors,...; Format: image/photograph

Chelser Park Trail in Needles area of Canyonlands National Park: The Needles area is located in the southeast section of Canyonlands National Park. Visitors hiking along the Chesler Trail will see rock formations created by millions of years of erosion. The layers of sedimentary rock have rounded, smooth edges. Surrounding...; Format: image/photograph

Chelser Park Trail in Needles area of Canyonlands National Park: This image shows the smooth tops of rock formations seen from the Chesler Park Trail in Canyonlands National Park. The trail is located in the Needles section of the park. Just above the crests of the rocks, the tops of trees are visible. In the distance,...; Format: image/photograph

Chesler Park Trail in the Needles area of Canyonlands National Park: Formed over millions of years, these rock formations show the layers of sediment that were laid down and later became rock. The layers' colors are in tans, red, gray, and black. In the foreground, chips of stone line the trail while in the background the rock...; Format: image/photograph

Chesler Park Trail, Canyonlands National Park: This photograph was taken from under an overhang along the Chesler Park Trail. Pinyon Pine and Juniper trees grow next to it. In the distance are rounded topped rock formations with layers of red and tan sedimentary rock.; Format: image/photograph

Trail to Chesler Park in Canyonlands National Park: A natural arch has been formed by erosion on the rock formations in this photograph taken along the trail to Chesler Park in Canyonlands National Park in Utah. Deep pits can be seen in these rocks which are colored red, tan, and gray. Blue sky peaks through...; Format: image/photograph

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah: Shadows add to the variations of colors in the landscape of Bryce Canyon. White and tan layers of color can be seen in the hoodoos and other rock formations which make up this “amphitheater” in the park.; Format: image

Chelser Park Trail in Needles area of Canyonlands National Park: Over millions of years sedimentary rock has eroded into the formations that are present today in Canyonlands National Park. This photograph shows the multi-colored layers of rock towering above the high desert floor below. The green scrubby bushes and trees...; Format: image/photograph

Church Rock, Utah: Church Rock is a rounded column of hard, tan sandstone. The rock has a small, hollowed opening at its base, supposedly created by a religious cult led by Marie Ogden in the 1920s and '30s. It is located near Moab, Utah.; Format: image/photograph

Island in the Sky in Canyonlands National Park: Millions of years of erosion have created this landscape in the southeast corner of Utah. This photograph shows a green flat plain with deep canyons carved into it. This aerial view captures a dirt road running near a canyon in the foreground. Canyons and...; Format: image/photograph

Bryce Canyon, Utah: These pinnacle shaped land formations are called hoodoos and are found in Bryce Canyon National Park. Formed of sedimentary rock, slightly acidic rain water has washed away the limestone and “frost wedging” cracks the the rock. In this photograph,...; Format: image/photograph

Spider Rock in Canyon De Chelly National Park: Spider Rock towers over the fertile Canyon De Chelly valley floor. These rock formations have special significance to the Navajo people who believe that a spider woman lives on the top of the towering rock.; Format: image/photograph

Cliffs of Bryce Canyon National Park: Sunlight bathes the limestone cliffs in the foreground of this photograph taken in Bryce Canyon National Park. In the background, still in shade, hoodoos and other rock formations show layers of rich colors of pink, tan, white, and terracotta. Trees cling...; Format: image/photograph

Lost Canyon Loop Trail in Canyonlands National Park: In the Needles area of Canyonlands National Park scrubby bushes find a niche to grow in the smooth rock formed by years of erosion. In the distance, two red sedimentary rock towers stand watch over this harsh terrain.; Format: image/photograph

Along Chesler Park Trail in Canyonlands National Park: This photograph was taken looking up at the many layers of rock. Some of the layers are tan, some are red, and some are gray. Their ridges are smooth and rounded. Bushes and other plants are at their base.; Format: image/photograph

Dead tree in Canyonlands National Park: The twisted remains of a dead tree stands in front of the smooth tops of rounded rock formations along a Chesler Park trail in the Needles section of Canyonlands National Park. The sedimentary rock layers have been exposed over millions of years of erosion....; Format: image/photograph

Rock formations near Lower Calf Creek Falls in Escalante, Utah: These are rock formations near Lower Calf Creek Falls in Escalante, Utah. They are made of Navajo sandstone and range from a deep rusty pink close to the valley to light gray at the top of the formations. The rocks near the valley have weathered and eroded...; Format: image/photograph

Chesler Park Trail in the Needles area of Canyonlands National Park: This photograph shows how erosion has carved the sedimentary rock over millions of years. The boulder in the foreground is breaking down and chips of rock litter the ground next to it. The rocks in the background have perfectly straight horizontal cracks running...; Format: image/photograph

Rock formations near Lower Calf Creek Falls in Escalante, Utah: These are rock formations near Lower Calf Creek in Escalante, Utah. They are composed of pink, gray, and tan Navajo sandstone, which over time is eroding into the valley below. The cliffs are a series of steep knobs and jumbled rocks. Juniper and other plants...; Format: image/photograph

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