Bryce Canyon, Utah US
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Bryce Canyon is a National Park located in the Southeast corner of the state of Utah. The park consists of a series of view of natural amphitheatres, along the eastern edge of a plateau. Each amphitheatre includes thousands of carved pinnacles in brilliant red colour. These pinnacles are called hoodoos shaped by millions of years of wind, water and geologic upheavals. This slideshow shows you a very brief look at the different parts of the National Park and sketches the geological forces that shaped the canyon that we see today. This is part of a series on US National Parks, including Yellowstone, Grand Canyon and Antelope canyon. The slideshow uses wide format display. Best to view on full screen.
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Bryce Canyon, Utah US
- 1. First created 15 Feb 2015. Version 1.0 - 28 Mar 2015. Jerry Tse. London. Bryce Canyon All rights reserved. Rights belong to their respective owners. Available free for non-commercial, Educational and personal use. Utah, National Park
- 2. Western Interior Seaway, ~75m year ago. Geologically, large part of the North America was shaped by the inland sea, Western Interior Seaway. It spans from about 100m to 70 million years ago. The inland sea links the Gulf of Mexico to the Artic Ocean. Bryce NP The Bryce Canyon area was situated along the margins of the Western Interior Seaway. By 50 million years ago, the Western Interior Seaway had already withdrew from the continent. The area was covered by a lake system, which created the Claron Formation. It is this layer of rock that we see in Bryce Canyon today. Geology
- 3. Rainbow Point About 16m years ago the land in southern Utah began to rise to about 2400m. In the distance is the Grand Staircase of Utah.
- 4. Geology Utah was located near the equator and within a dry trade-wind belt. The area was similar to the Sahara Desert of today. The sand dunes of that desert have been preserved as the Navajo Sandstone. Bryce Canyon was situated at the margin of Western Interior Seaway, also called the Cretaceous Seaway. Claron Formation was deposited by a system of lakes.
- 5. Formation of Hoodoos Intersecting fracture allows running water to carve the hoodoos into the receding landscape.
- 6. Formation of Hoodoos (Fin) Fin at Inspiration Point.
- 7. Formation of Hoodoos (Window) Formation of Window, which eventually led to the standalone hoodoo. Brice Point.
- 8. The park is situated on the Colorado High Plateau. Rainbow Point. Rainbow Point
- 9. MapofBryceCanyon Map of Bryce Canyon National Park. North South
- 10. Paria Point
- 13. Bryce Point Note the fins and window formation.
- 14. Inspiration Point Early morning view with a layer of mist in the distance.
- 15. Inspiration Point The reddish colour is due to the present of iron in the rock.
- 16. Inspiration Point Morning light on the Hoodoos.
- 17. Inspiration Point Hoodoos at sunrise.
- 18. Inspiration Point Morning light on the Hoodoos.
- 22. Inspiration Point Early morning mist in the valley.
- 23. Sunrise Point First light before sunrise.
- 24. Sunrise Point Misty mountain in first light before sunrise at Sunrise point.
- 25. Sunrise Point The flaming sky just before the sunrise.
- 26. Sunrise Point The rising sun at Sunrise point.
- 27. Sunrise Point Still air and early mist as the sun rises.
- 28. Sunrise Point Grass in sunrise.
- 29. Sunrise Point Dead trees in the morning.
- 31. Fairyland Point Dews on juniper tree.
- 32. FairylandPoint
- 33. Fairview Point Sightseers on the trail. Fairview point.
- 34. Fairview Point A layer of harder white rock.
- 35. Fairview Point
- 36. Fairview Point
- 37. Fairview Point
- 39. Ponderosa Canyon
- 40. Bark of Ponderosa Pine Ponderosa Canyon
- 41. Black Birch Canyon Bark of spruce tree
- 43. Rainbow Point
- 46. Crow Crow
- 47. Winter in the Park Snow covered canyon.
- 48. All rights reserved. Rights belong to their respective owners. Available free for non-commercial and personal The End Music – Mozart Clarinet Concerto by John Barry
Editor's Notes
- Bryce Canyon is a National Park located in the Southeast corner of the state of Utah. The park consists of a series of view of natural amphitheatres, along the eastern edge of a plateau. Each amphitheatre includes thousands of carved pinnacles in brilliant red colour. These pinnacles are called hoodoos shaped by millions of years of wind, water and geologic upheavals. This slideshow shows you a very brief look at the different parts of the National Park and sketches the geological forces that shaped the canyon that we see today. This is part of a series on US National Parks, including Yellowstone, Grand Canyon and Antelope canyon.