BRYCE  CANYON  NATIONAL  PARK

(photo from the United States Geological Survey)

 

Bryce Amphitheater, as seen from Inspiration Point.  Multicolored, differentially weathered & eroded, multiply jointed lacustrine sedimentary rocks of the Claron Formation (Paleocene-Eocene).

 


 

BRYCE  CANYON  NATIONAL  PARK

(photos from the textbook CD)

 

Bryce Amphitheater

 

 

Hoodoos (above & below) in Bryce Amphitheater, formed by differential weathering & differential erosion of multiply-jointed lacustrine sedimentary rocks of the Claron Formation (Paleocene-Eocene).

 

 

Hoodoos in Bryce Amphitheater.

 


 

BRYCE  CANYON  NATIONAL  PARK

(photos by James St. John)

 

Bryce Amphitheater, as seen from Sunset Point.  Multicolored, differentially weathered & eroded, multiply-jointed lacustrine sedimentary rocks of the Claron Formation (Paleocene-Eocene).

 

 

Bryce Amphitheater, as seen from Sunset Point.  Multicolored, differentially weathered & eroded, multiply-jointed lacustrine sedimentary rocks of the Claron Formation (Paleocene-Eocene).

 

 

Bryce Amphitheater, as seen from Sunset Point.  Multicolored, differentially weathered & eroded, multiply-jointed lacustrine sedimentary rocks of the Claron Formation (Paleocene-Eocene).

 

 

Bryce Amphitheater, as seen from Inspiration Point.  Multicolored, differentially weathered & eroded, multiply-jointed lacustrine sedimentary rocks of the Claron Formation (Paleocene-Eocene).

 

 

Bryce Amphitheater, as seen from Inspiration Point.  Multicolored, differentially weathered & eroded, multiply-jointed lacustrine sedimentary rocks of the Claron Formation (Paleocene-Eocene).

 

 

Bryce Amphitheater, as seen from Inspiration Point.  Multicolored, differentially weathered & eroded, multiply-jointed lacustrine sedimentary rocks of the Claron Formation (Paleocene-Eocene).

 


 

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