Zion National Park

Trip Day Twenty-seven: Saturday, July 8, 2000
Amphitheater

Arches and ampitheaters seem to be a dominate theme in the rock formations of Utah. Given enough time, amphitheaters become arches, then eventually the top erodes away and they fall down. This one seems to have a way to go before that happens. I don't think we'll ever see it happen.


Fossilized Sand Dunes

These crisscrossing lines in the sandstone are left by the shifting sands of sand dunes.



Checkerboard Mesa






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