BRYCE CANYON

In the South/West corner of the State of Utah lies the 56 square miles of Bryce Canyon National Park.
The main feature of this protected area are the astonishing array of hoodoos
In the true sense of the word it is not a "Canyon" but an erosion caused collection of  'hoodoos,' caused by weathering, frost, and stream erosion. 
The visitor is faced with a grouping of columns, ranging in colour from beige to deep red and in shape from single columns to "cathedrals" and "Greek temples."

In the 1850s,  Mormon pioneers were the first white men to have seen this phenomenon and one of them, Ebenezer Bryce, settled in the vicinity and thereby gave this natural wonder its name.

Little is known about earliest human settlements. 
Archeologists, however, have found artifacts, at least 10,000 years old and ascribe them to the people of the "Anasazi".

From the "Rainbow Point" this visitor surveys this breath-taking natural wonder. 

The rim of the 'Canyon' ranges from a bout 2000 to 2700  meters in elevation.

From white to deep red 'hoodoos' almost as far

 as the eyes can reach.

In some areas, Calcium deposits resisted the erosion and remained on top of the hoodoos.

This one is called "the alligator"

Top-center is surely a greek temple

 and from both sides

 there are  people lining up to go to Sunday Service.

At the South end of Bryce Canyon the twin towers 

stand like two sentinels.

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