Sandstone Story
What is the story of this wall? Geologically, it was speaking to me. The ancient sand dunes, frozen into sandstone, cut by flash floods, seem like they have a lot to say. Eons of water tumbling down this canyon has eroded a path, bit by bit, through the Waterpocket Fold. One of few passages through this nearly 100 mile long wall in southern Utah. And unlike canyons like the Grand Canyon, this one is only carved by flash floods. And yet the water still carved patterns of ripples where the current seemingly is turbulent in the same spots over and over and over as it slowly excavated the passageway. Here to little holes appear in the wall, as if tiny little cities were embedded in the canyon with little windows looking out. The imagination can wonder.
Sandstone Story
What is the story of this wall? Geologically, it was speaking to me. The ancient sand dunes, frozen into sandstone, cut by flash floods, seem like they have a lot to say. Eons of water tumbling down this canyon has eroded a path, bit by bit, through the Waterpocket Fold. One of few passages through this nearly 100 mile long wall in southern Utah. And unlike canyons like the Grand Canyon, this one is only carved by flash floods. And yet the water still carved patterns of ripples where the current seemingly is turbulent in the same spots over and over and over as it slowly excavated the passageway. Here to little holes appear in the wall, as if tiny little cities were embedded in the canyon with little windows looking out. The imagination can wonder.