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![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28063]
’Layered sandstone-1.’
A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient desert. Later the desert dunes were covered by other materials, they petrified and surfaced again when the Colorado Plateau was uplifted and then eroded. 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-28063/469659834_LkVYe-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28063]
’Layered sandstone-1.’
A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient desert. Later the desert dunes were covered by other materials, they petrified and surfaced again when the Colorado Plateau was uplifted and then eroded. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28064]
’Layered sandstone-2.’
A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient desert. Later the desert dunes were covered by other materials, they petrified and surfaced again when the Colorado Plateau was uplifted and then eroded. 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-28064/106648567_MwSvA-Ti-1.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28064]
’Layered sandstone-2.’
A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient desert. Later the desert dunes were covered by other materials, they petrified and surfaced again when the Colorado Plateau was uplifted and then eroded. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [IRELAND.DONEGAL 21.804]
Multicolour moss-1.
Most of Irelands bogs are covered with Sphagnum, a moss showing much colour variation. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Northwest-Ireland-Colours-of/irl-donegal-21804/8576871_Hs6Wo-Ti-1.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [IRELAND.DONEGAL 21.804]
Multicolour moss-1.
Most of Irelands bogs are covered with Sphagnum, a moss showing much colour variation. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [FRANCE.ALPSSOUTH 02031] 'Mercantour, Tinée/Vionène: red schist.' In a small area surrounding the confluence of Vionène and Tinée the purple-coloured bedrock amazes visitors. It is a schist dating from the Permian period, when the earth's atmosphere contained oxygen for the first time in its history, turning iron in minerals red. Beauty is not the only result, fertility as well: around perched village Roure it weathers into a rich purple soil. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Maritime-Alps-Three-Hikes/2031/2279471_uL4kP-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [FRANCE.ALPSSOUTH 02031] 'Mercantour, Tinée/Vionène: red schist.' In a small area surrounding the confluence of Vionène and Tinée the purple-coloured bedrock amazes visitors. It is a schist dating from the Permian period, when the earth's atmosphere contained oxygen for the first time in its history, turning iron in minerals red. Beauty is not the only result, fertility as well: around perched village Roure it weathers into a rich purple soil. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [FRANCE.ALPSSOUTH 02034] 'Mercantour, Tinée/Vionène: red schist.' In a small area surrounding the confluence of Vionène and Tinée the purple-coloured bedrock amazes visitors. It is a schist dating from the Permian period, when the earth's atmosphere contained oxygen for the first time in its history, turning iron in minerals red. Beauty is not the only result, fertility as well: around perched village Roure it weathers into a rich purple soil. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Maritime-Alps-Three-Hikes/2034/2279470_rzKTN-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [FRANCE.ALPSSOUTH 02034] 'Mercantour, Tinée/Vionène: red schist.' In a small area surrounding the confluence of Vionène and Tinée the purple-coloured bedrock amazes visitors. It is a schist dating from the Permian period, when the earth's atmosphere contained oxygen for the first time in its history, turning iron in minerals red. Beauty is not the only result, fertility as well: around perched village Roure it weathers into a rich purple soil. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28047]
’Holes in the rock.’
The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream. 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-28047/2048581_VWdEZ-Ti-2.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28047]
’Holes in the rock.’
The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7698]
’Hiking through the Paria Canyon.’
Entering the Paria Canyon is entering the wilderness. No trail, no camp sites, no drinking water. You have to carry everything on your back. 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-7698/2048578_MuKrD-Ti-1.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7698]
’Hiking through the Paria Canyon.’
Entering the Paria Canyon is entering the wilderness. No trail, no camp sites, no drinking water. You have to carry everything on your back. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Paul Smit")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28061]
’Rock and roll.’
Balls of layered sandstone are eroding out of the bedrock surface in the canyon of the Paria. (a tributary of the Colorado.) They may be of micro-organic origin, dating from the Jurassic era. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28061/2048564_EKwEN-Ti-2.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28061]
’Rock and roll.’
Balls of layered sandstone are eroding out of the bedrock surface in the canyon of the Paria. (a tributary of the Colorado.) They may be of micro-organic origin, dating from the Jurassic era. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28076]
'Potato on pillars.’
Many years of erosion have reduced the sandstone surface, on which this potato-shaped rock once fell, into three slender pillars.
The 70 cm long stone is one of the many weird erosion forms that can be found in the Paria Canyon. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28076/2048563_HVMar-Ti-2.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28076]
'Potato on pillars.’
Many years of erosion have reduced the sandstone surface, on which this potato-shaped rock once fell, into three slender pillars.
The 70 cm long stone is one of the many weird erosion forms that can be found in the Paria Canyon. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
[USA.UTAH 28063]
’Layered sandstone-1.’
A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient desert. Later the desert dunes were covered by other materials, they petrified and surfaced again when the Colorado Plateau was uplifted and then eroded. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
’Layered sandstone-1.’
A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient desert. Later the desert dunes were covered by other materials, they petrified and surfaced again when the Colorado Plateau was uplifted and then eroded. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28063]
’Layered sandstone-1.’
A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient desert. Later the desert dunes were covered by other materials, they petrified and surfaced again when the Colorado Plateau was uplifted and then eroded. 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-28063/469659834_LkVYe-S.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28063]
’Layered sandstone-1.’
A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient desert. Later the desert dunes were covered by other materials, they petrified and surfaced again when the Colorado Plateau was uplifted and then eroded. 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 28063]
’Layered sandstone-1.’
A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient desert. Later the desert dunes were covered by other materials, they petrified and surfaced again when the Colorado Plateau was uplifted and then eroded. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
’Layered sandstone-1.’
A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient desert. Later the desert dunes were covered by other materials, they petrified and surfaced again when the Colorado Plateau was uplifted and then eroded. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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