Not Just Ordinary Rocks

Red Rock at Sunrise

https://alldayelectrician.com/u9uqj4h8cs Balanced Rock in Arches National Park ©2008 Bo Mackison

https://www.yolascafe.com/4qalh5fsz While Arches National Park in northeastern Utah is best known for its hundreds of red rock arches, many rock formations are almost equally as famous. Balanced Rock is one of the more well known, as it is easily seen from the main road in the park.

http://www.mscnantes.org/gelcw424 The uppermost part of Balanced Rock, a strong type of rock called Slick Rock sandstone, rests on a less stable rock known as Dewey Bridge mudstone. Since the mudstone erodes faster than the Slick Rock, top-heavy formations occur with some frequency. Eventually the weaker pedestals will wear away and Balanced Rock will collapse.

watch At dusk, the red hues of the rock are intensified, and it is quite impossible to drive past the rocks and not stop for a photograph. I would imagine anyone who has ever visited Arches has a photograph similar to this one.

Red Spires in Utah

Red Rock Spires

get link Red Rock Spires ©2008 Bo Mackison

https://www.mbtn.net/?p=hpay4bzl5 Driving from central Colorado to Arches National Park near Moab, Utah, we detoured off the Interstate. Went through a great ghost town – photos of that later – and then followed the Colorado River into the National Park.

https://mocicc.org/agricultura/62wywbwb When driving through the Rockies, an amazing transformation happens. Cross the Continental Divide heading west, and soon the pine/aspen forested mountains change into pinon/juniper ranges. Sage brush starts crowding the sides of the road, and suddenly red rock formations loom out of the distance.

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