Large-scale, well developed cross bedding in a cliff of Navajo Sandstone, along one of the Canyons in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Large-scale, well developed cross bedding in a cliff of Navajo Sandstone, along one of the Canyons in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Stock Photo
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Marieke Peche / Alamy Stock Photo

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2G4TXF6

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34.3 MB (2.7 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

4000 x 3000 px | 33.9 x 25.4 cm | 13.3 x 10 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

14 October 2014

Location:

Hole in the rock road, Escalante, Utah, USA

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Large-scale, well developed cross bedding in a cliff of Navajo Sandstone, along one of the Canyons in the Escalante Canyons region of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA. The Navajo sandstone are a geological formation in the Glen Canyon Group and are world famous for their well-developed cross stratification. It formed as ancient sand dunes which were part of an ancient desert (erg) which covered the western side of the supercontinent Pangea.