Colorado River doing its best incised meander. The rock is Navajo Sandstone and the drop to the river is 1,000 feet. The best time to visit - and see the colours - is at sunrise or sunset.
60 million years ago, this land was relatively flat, then about 5.5 million years ago geological forces pushed the land upwards. A couple hundred miles away is the Rainbow Bridge, also of Navajo Sandstone. What makes this a bridge rather than an arch is that it was formed from water cutting through sandstone.
5 comments:
This must be quite a sight!
My stones are here.
I do love sandstone and on that scale it is quite mesmerising.
My geology is here
Mine:
https://lisasgardenadventureinoregon.blogspot.com/2025/06/thursday-postcard-hunt-geologic-details.html
Rock show! (as they say on the Big Bang Theory TV show). Both are a marvel!
Beautiful sight.
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