Jan 102017
Today brings another collection of images from my time in Utah in October. These feature the geologic landscapes of Snow Canyon State Park, outside St. George. I was most struck by a hillside in the park that evoked Checkerboard Mesa in nearby Zion National Park. The geometric pattern in the rock is most likely the result of both bedding planes in the desert sandstone and perpendicular expansion joints caused by removal of overlying rock (through erosion) and freeze-thaw events caused by water getting into the rock.
