Rough and tumble
The White Rim sandstone cap limits the chaos of erosion in the underlying less resistant, though wonderfully layered Organ Rock formation of red sandstone in Canyonlands National Park. Gooseberry Creek has cut a canyon here through the White Rim, hastening the movement of all rock layers toward the Colorado River and Lake Powell, where it will stay until Glen Canyon Dam disappears. As they weather and erode away the caps and underlying rock may form hoodoo monuments due to the cracking patterns in the White Rims. It is hard to gauge scale here, but there is around a 100-200 foot drop from the White Rim into the bottom of the canyon.
In the distance the La Sal Mountains are covered by a recent snow, which the wind is blowing off of the summits as seen in the faint plumes.
Rough and tumble
The White Rim sandstone cap limits the chaos of erosion in the underlying less resistant, though wonderfully layered Organ Rock formation of red sandstone in Canyonlands National Park. Gooseberry Creek has cut a canyon here through the White Rim, hastening the movement of all rock layers toward the Colorado River and Lake Powell, where it will stay until Glen Canyon Dam disappears. As they weather and erode away the caps and underlying rock may form hoodoo monuments due to the cracking patterns in the White Rims. It is hard to gauge scale here, but there is around a 100-200 foot drop from the White Rim into the bottom of the canyon.
In the distance the La Sal Mountains are covered by a recent snow, which the wind is blowing off of the summits as seen in the faint plumes.