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The northern part of the Coyote Buttes can't compete with all those countless swirls and splendorous brainrocks you will find at the White Pocket. There is a gray rock layer, sometimes only a few centimeters thick, above the red sandstone that makes the whole landscape look like as if it was covered with icing sugar. Some hills bear resemblance to the Checkerboard Mesa at Zion N.P., others shine in a golden glow, but it's the red and white colors that prevail at the White Pocket.
The northern part of the Coyote Buttes can't compete with all those countless swirls and splendorous brainrocks you will find at the White Pocket. There is a gray rock layer, sometimes only a few centimeters thick, above the red sandstone that makes the whole landscape look like as if it was covered with icing sugar. Some hills bear resemblance to the Checkerboard Mesa at Zion N.P., others shine in a golden glow, but it's the red and white colors that prevail at the White Pocket.
Swirling lines and unusual rock formations mark the landscape at white pocket on the paria plateau in northern arizona
The northern part of the Coyote Buttes can't compete with all those countless swirls and splendorous brainrocks you will find at the White Pocket. There is a gray rock layer, sometimes only a few centimeters thick, above the red sandstone that makes the whole landscape look like as if it was covered with icing sugar. Some hills bear resemblance to the Checkerboard Mesa at Zion N.P., others shine in a golden glow, but it's the red and white colors that prevail at the White Pocket.
The northern part of the Coyote Buttes can't compete with all those countless swirls and splendorous brainrocks you will find at the White Pocket. There is a gray rock layer, sometimes only a few centimeters thick, above the red sandstone that makes the whole landscape look like as if it was covered with icing sugar. Some hills bear resemblance to the Checkerboard Mesa at Zion N.P., others shine in a golden glow, but it's the red and white colors that prevail at the White Pocket.
The northern part of the Coyote Buttes can't compete with all those countless swirls and splendorous brainrocks you will find at the White Pocket. There is a gray rock layer, sometimes only a few centimeters thick, above the red sandstone that makes the whole landscape look like as if it was covered with icing sugar. Some hills bear resemblance to the Checkerboard Mesa at Zion N.P., others shine in a golden glow, but it's the red and white colors that prevail at the White Pocket.
The northern part of the Coyote Buttes can't compete with all those countless swirls and splendorous brainrocks you will find at the White Pocket. There is a gray rock layer, sometimes only a few centimeters thick, above the red sandstone that makes the whole landscape look like as if it was covered with icing sugar. Some hills bear resemblance to the Checkerboard Mesa at Zion N.P., others shine in a golden glow, but it's the red and white colors that prevail at the White Pocket.
The northern part of the Coyote Buttes can't compete with all those countless swirls and splendorous brainrocks you will find at the White Pocket. There is a gray rock layer, sometimes only a few centimeters thick, above the red sandstone that makes the whole landscape look like as if it was covered with icing sugar. Some hills bear resemblance to the Checkerboard Mesa at Zion N.P., others shine in a golden glow, but it's the red and white colors that prevail at the White Pocket.
Ball-and-pillow deformations are a result of a physical shock that has been applied to unconsolidated sediment. This shock causes rupturing to occur in the sedimentary rock layer, which induces instability. Individual lobes caused by this unstable state break off and move downward, settling into the underlying layers. There may also be a repeated lobe detachment, causing a greater downward movement into the sediments below. The "pillows" that have now been produced typically retain their original bedding compositions. (Wikipedia)