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FEATURE (Category: Americas | USA | Colorado Plateau | autumn | naturereserves | deserts | mountains | outdoor | hiking)
USA, Colorado Plateau: the Alien Landscapes of Capitol Reef
USA, Colorado Plateau: the Alien Landscapes of Capitol Reef
Visiting Capitol Reef National Park is like visiting Mars. A giant, sinuous wrinkle in the earth's crust stretches for 150 km across southern Utah, surrounded by massive domes and a jumble of colourful cliffs. In autumn the splendour is further heightened by the brilliant yellow leaves of the cottonwood trees in the nearby valleys of the Escalante and the Fremont.
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'Fremont valley in autumn-2.'
The yellow autumn colours of the floodplain of the Fremont River form a stark contrast with the cliffs and badlands of the Blue Valley Benches west of Hanksville. The grey shale and sandstone is part of the Mancos Shale Formation and dates from the Cretaceous period. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
'Fremont valley in autumn-2.'
The yellow autumn colours of the floodplain of the Fremont River form a stark contrast with the cliffs and badlands of the Blue Valley Benches west of Hanksville. The grey shale and sandstone is part of the Mancos Shale Formation and dates from the Cretaceous period. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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'Fremont valley in autumn-2.'
The yellow autumn colours of the floodplain of the Fremont River form a stark contrast with the cliffs and badlands of the Blue Valley Benches west of Hanksville. The grey shale and sandstone is part of the Mancos Shale Formation and dates from the Cretaceous period. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
'Fremont valley in autumn-2.'
The yellow autumn colours of the floodplain of the Fremont River form a stark contrast with the cliffs and badlands of the Blue Valley Benches west of Hanksville. The grey shale and sandstone is part of the Mancos Shale Formation and dates from the Cretaceous period. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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