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FEATURE (Category: Americas | USA | Colorado Plateau | autumn | outdoor | hiking | naturereserves)
Utah/Arizona: in Search of the Wave
Utah/Arizona: in Search of the Wave
Deep in the heart of the Colorado plateau the Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness Area begins. An inaccessible and breathtakingly beautiful area. This is where we start our search for The Wave: the best-kept trekking secret of the USA. Read excerpts of this feature.
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28028]
’Moki marbles.’
These little balls of sandstone can be found on the plateau above the Paria Canyon east Kanab. They are concretions that are a bit harder than the encasing sandstone and often erode out to roll downhill and gather in nearby basins. When the concretions lie loose upon the ground they are sometimes called "Moki marbles". Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28028/469659862_BExDk-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28028]
’Moki marbles.’
These little balls of sandstone can be found on the plateau above the Paria Canyon east Kanab. They are concretions that are a bit harder than the encasing sandstone and often erode out to roll downhill and gather in nearby basins. When the concretions lie loose upon the ground they are sometimes called \"Moki marbles\". Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28032]
’Marbles in the making.’
These little balls of sandstone can be found on the plateau above the Paria Canyon east Kanab. They are concretions that are a bit harder than the encasing sandstone and are here in the process of being eroded out of the surface. When the concretions a re totally free from the stone and lie loose upon the ground they are sometimes called "Moki marbles". Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28032/469659716_RZVvL-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28032]
’Marbles in the making.’
These little balls of sandstone can be found on the plateau above the Paria Canyon east Kanab. They are concretions that are a bit harder than the encasing sandstone and are here in the process of being eroded out of the surface. When the concretions a re totally free from the stone and lie loose upon the ground they are sometimes called \"Moki marbles\". Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28033]
’Paria Canyon entrance-1.’
At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28033/2048551_3Z679-Ti-2.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28033]
’Paria Canyon entrance-1.’
At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28034]
’Paria Canyon entrance-2.’
At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28034/2048553_Nu4FF-Ti-2.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28034]
’Paria Canyon entrance-2.’
At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28035]
’Paria Canyon entrance-3.’
At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28035/469660031_EdPPz-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28035]
’Paria Canyon entrance-3.’
At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28036]
’Paria Canyon at sunset.’
At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28036/469660074_BrUYR-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28036]
’Paria Canyon at sunset.’
At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28039]
’Paria Canyon at dusk.’
At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28039/469659653_DnXK2-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28039]
’Paria Canyon at dusk.’
At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28040]
’Valley of Paria east of Kanab.’
Looking northward through the valley of the Paria, east of Kanab. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28040/469659600_L8Cd7-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28040]
’Valley of Paria east of Kanab.’
Looking northward through the valley of the Paria, east of Kanab. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28042]
’Crooked pillars-1.’
The base of this vertical sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream. The resulting overhanging cliffs seem to lean on crooked pillars that look like the work of crazy sculptors. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28042/2048549_oCDXV-Ti-2.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28042]
’Crooked pillars-1.’
The base of this vertical sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream. The resulting overhanging cliffs seem to lean on crooked pillars that look like the work of crazy sculptors. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
[USA.UTAH 28028]
’Moki marbles.’
These little balls of sandstone can be found on the plateau above the Paria Canyon east Kanab. They are concretions that are a bit harder than the encasing sandstone and often erode out to roll downhill and gather in nearby basins. When the concretions lie loose upon the ground they are sometimes called "Moki marbles". Photo Paul Smit.
’Moki marbles.’
These little balls of sandstone can be found on the plateau above the Paria Canyon east Kanab. They are concretions that are a bit harder than the encasing sandstone and often erode out to roll downhill and gather in nearby basins. When the concretions lie loose upon the ground they are sometimes called "Moki marbles". Photo Paul Smit.
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’Moki marbles.’
These little balls of sandstone can be found on the plateau above the Paria Canyon east Kanab. They are concretions that are a bit harder than the encasing sandstone and often erode out to roll downhill and gather in nearby basins. When the concretions lie loose upon the ground they are sometimes called "Moki marbles". Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28028/469659862_BExDk-S.jpg "> [USA.UTAH 28028]
’Moki marbles.’
These little balls of sandstone can be found on the plateau above the Paria Canyon east Kanab. They are concretions that are a bit harder than the encasing sandstone and often erode out to roll downhill and gather in nearby basins. When the concretions lie loose upon the ground they are sometimes called \"Moki marbles\". Photo Paul Smit.")
[USA.UTAH 28028]
’Moki marbles.’
These little balls of sandstone can be found on the plateau above the Paria Canyon east Kanab. They are concretions that are a bit harder than the encasing sandstone and often erode out to roll downhill and gather in nearby basins. When the concretions lie loose upon the ground they are sometimes called "Moki marbles". Photo Paul Smit.
’Moki marbles.’
These little balls of sandstone can be found on the plateau above the Paria Canyon east Kanab. They are concretions that are a bit harder than the encasing sandstone and often erode out to roll downhill and gather in nearby basins. When the concretions lie loose upon the ground they are sometimes called "Moki marbles". Photo Paul Smit.
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