CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK
CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK |
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| Visited 2005.
Canyonlands National Park is the largest national park in Utah. To the north is the Island in the sky area where you can look down on the Green and Colorado rivers. |
 Canyonlands National Park (276 kb) |
 Canyonlands National Park (232 kb) |
 Canyonlands, LaSal Mountains (234 kb) |
 Canyonlands, LaSal Mountains (200 kb) |
Many million years ago the area was a flat plain. But water has eroded the surface. Where the surface is hard, there has been only little erosion and these parts now stand as mesas. Where the surface was softer, there has been more erosion, and canyons and lowlands is the result. |
 Canyonlands National Park (215 kb) |
 Mesa Arch (225 kb) |
 Mesa Arch with LaSal Mountains in the distance (229 kb) |
 White Rim seen from Grand View Point Overlook - in the distance is Abajo Mountains (224 kb) |
 White Rim seen from Grand View Point Overlook (232 kb) |
 Close-up of White Rim shows the top layer is white (214 kb) |
 Canyonlands National Park (182 kb) |
 Canyonlands National Park (114 kb) |
