Tuesday 28 October 2014

How Utah’s Bryce Canyon Got Its Bizarre, Beautiful Sandstone Formations

How Utah’s Bryce Canyon Got Its Bizarre, Beautiful Sandstone Formations

Jiri Bruthans created this pillar with simulated salt weathering; in nature (like at Bryce Canyon, below), factors like frost and rain also shape the landscape. Courtesy of Jiri Bruthans Getty Aa the story goes, the iconic spires in Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park once were human-animal “legend people,” until an angry coyote god turned them […]


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from WIRED » Science http://feeds.wired.com/c/35185/f/661470/s/3fe6f4e6/sc/10/l/0L0Swired0N0C20A140C10A0Cbryce0Ecanyon0Esandstone0C/story01.htm

via Science News

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