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![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.ARIZONA 28006]
’Detail of The Wave.’
Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28006/469660092_WUm5z-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.ARIZONA 28006]
’Detail of The Wave.’
Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. 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 28091]
'Buckskin Gulch.’
The spectacular 'polished’ walls of the Buckskin Gulch, a branch canyon of the Paria River, are formed during flash floods as stones and pebbles hit the walls at great speed. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28091/469660055_6n2tL-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28091]
'Buckskin Gulch.’
The spectacular 'polished’ walls of the Buckskin Gulch, a branch canyon of the Paria River, are formed during flash floods as stones and pebbles hit the walls at great speed. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.ARIZONA 27981]
’The Wave-1.’
Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. The local geological formation is called Navajo Sandstone and is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient desert. However the undulating surface seen here is not so old but is the result of more recent erosion of the sandstone. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-27981/469660008_kC52A-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.ARIZONA 27981]
’The Wave-1.’
Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. The local geological formation is called Navajo Sandstone and is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient desert. However the undulating surface seen here is not so old but is the result of more recent erosion of the sandstone. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28023]
’Erosion forms in Paria Canyon-2.’
In the canyon of the Paria River (a tributary of the Colorado) erosion has formed weird shapes in the local Navajo Sandstone. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28023/469659994_4GoUy-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28023]
’Erosion forms in Paria Canyon-2.’
In the canyon of the Paria River (a tributary of the Colorado) erosion has formed weird shapes in the local Navajo Sandstone. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.ARIZONA 27991]
’Hiker in The Wave-3.’
The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping into a sticky red fluid with white stripes, something like sour cream stirred into pumpkin soup. But this geological wonder actually consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-27991/469659968_N6iNw-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.ARIZONA 27991]
’Hiker in The Wave-3.’
The hiker who enters \"The Wave\" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping into a sticky red fluid with white stripes, something like sour cream stirred into pumpkin soup. But this geological wonder actually consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.ARIZONA 28018]
’Coyote Buttes nature reserve-2.’
The strange landscape of Coyote Buttes nature reserve (in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) is made up by a 200 million years old geological formation called Navajo Sandstone. It is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient desert. Minerals of iron oxide, deposited by groundwater after the accumulation of the sand, have created red, orange and yellow colours. The light dome-like structures on the right are locally called "Brains Rocks". Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28018/469659952_HU5kh-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.ARIZONA 28018]
’Coyote Buttes nature reserve-2.’
The strange landscape of Coyote Buttes nature reserve (in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) is made up by a 200 million years old geological formation called Navajo Sandstone. It is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient desert. Minerals of iron oxide, deposited by groundwater after the accumulation of the sand, have created red, orange and yellow colours. The light dome-like structures on the right are locally called \"Brains Rocks\". Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28075]
'Sculptor's workshop-2.’
The product of many years of erosion, egg-like forms of sandstone seem part of a sculptor's studio in a secluded corner of the Paria Canyon. The finely layered sandstone was deposited in a vast desert 200 million years ago. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28075/469659915_6Q78z-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28075]
'Sculptor's workshop-2.’
The product of many years of erosion, egg-like forms of sandstone seem part of a sculptor's studio in a secluded corner of the Paria Canyon. The finely layered sandstone was deposited in a vast desert 200 million years ago. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28045]
’Crooked pillars-2.’
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 Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28045/469659891_MHGvB-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28045]
’Crooked pillars-2.’
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 Paul Smit.")
[USA.ARIZONA 28006]
’Detail of The Wave.’
Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
’Detail of The Wave.’
Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.ARIZONA 28006]
’Detail of The Wave.’
Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28006/469660092_WUm5z-S.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.ARIZONA 28006]
’Detail of The Wave.’
Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
[USA.ARIZONA 28006]
’Detail of The Wave.’
Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
’Detail of The Wave.’
Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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