Sculpted Sandstone
I composed this image while hiking in Utah's Snow Valley Sate Park, near St. George, Utah. I was attempting to highlight the sculpting of the sandstone, and also its varied colouration.
The majority of sedimentary rocks in Snow Canyon State Park are Navajo Sandstone. As the rocks of the Navajo get progressively younger, their colors change and the cliffs and domes of "petrified" sand dunes range from orange-red, to orange, to yellow, to cream, to white. A wide array of fabrics and textures enhance the appearance of the sandstone. Time, erosion, and other forces have battered it into intensely broken and fractured zones, molded it into smooth rounded hummocks, and etched patterns resembling the skin of an alligator onto its surfaces.
Sculpted Sandstone
I composed this image while hiking in Utah's Snow Valley Sate Park, near St. George, Utah. I was attempting to highlight the sculpting of the sandstone, and also its varied colouration.
The majority of sedimentary rocks in Snow Canyon State Park are Navajo Sandstone. As the rocks of the Navajo get progressively younger, their colors change and the cliffs and domes of "petrified" sand dunes range from orange-red, to orange, to yellow, to cream, to white. A wide array of fabrics and textures enhance the appearance of the sandstone. Time, erosion, and other forces have battered it into intensely broken and fractured zones, molded it into smooth rounded hummocks, and etched patterns resembling the skin of an alligator onto its surfaces.