BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK
(photo from the United States Geological Survey)

Bryce Amphitheater, as seen from Inspiration Point. Multicolored, differentially weathered & eroded, multiply jointed lacustrine sedimentary rocks of the Claron Formation (Paleocene-Eocene).
BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK
(photos from the textbook CD)

Bryce Amphitheater

Hoodoos (above & below) in Bryce Amphitheater, formed by differential weathering & differential erosion of multiply-jointed lacustrine sedimentary rocks of the Claron Formation (Paleocene-Eocene).


Hoodoos in Bryce Amphitheater.
BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK
(photos by James St. John)

Bryce Amphitheater, as seen from Sunset Point. Multicolored, differentially weathered & eroded, multiply-jointed lacustrine sedimentary rocks of the Claron Formation (Paleocene-Eocene).

Bryce Amphitheater, as seen from Sunset Point. Multicolored, differentially weathered & eroded, multiply-jointed lacustrine sedimentary rocks of the Claron Formation (Paleocene-Eocene).

Bryce Amphitheater, as seen from Sunset Point. Multicolored, differentially weathered & eroded, multiply-jointed lacustrine sedimentary rocks of the Claron Formation (Paleocene-Eocene).

Bryce Amphitheater, as seen from Inspiration Point. Multicolored, differentially weathered & eroded, multiply-jointed lacustrine sedimentary rocks of the Claron Formation (Paleocene-Eocene).

Bryce Amphitheater, as seen from Inspiration Point. Multicolored, differentially weathered & eroded, multiply-jointed lacustrine sedimentary rocks of the Claron Formation (Paleocene-Eocene).

Bryce Amphitheater, as seen from Inspiration Point. Multicolored, differentially weathered & eroded, multiply-jointed lacustrine sedimentary rocks of the Claron Formation (Paleocene-Eocene).