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National Park Mystery Photo 49: Layer Upon Layer

By Bob Janiskee - May 10th, 2012

Do you know what this interesting geologic feature is? Can you tell us where in the National Park System it is located?

Mystery Photo 49 shows an interesting geologic feature in a national park.  If you can tell us what this natural feature is and name the National Park System unit in which it is located, you will be eligible for our monthly prize drawing. 

No Cheating!  If we catch you engaged in sneakery we will make you write on the whiteboard 100 times:

Although most people will tell you that "April showers bring May flowers," some will say that "Although rain in April is annoying, it starts the flowers growing."  Both versions of this simple rhyme (which apparently originated as a mid-16th century poem) illustrate the concept of patience.  However, there is no attendant implication of delayed gratification, since no present reward is contrasted with one that is greater, but later.

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Submitted by Bob Janiskee on May 10, 2012 - 9:31am.

Not a hoodoo at Zion National Park.


Submitted by admin on May 10, 2012 - 10:00am.

It looks like Navajo Sandstone to me, most likely in Capitol Reef NP, though certainly the sandstone extends through Zion, Grand Canyon, etc. Or is the feature the Waterpocket Fold at Capitol Reef, which would allow for those spring wildflowers and plants to grow in the sandstone cliffs? (It's been a long time since I lived in Utah and visited these parks).


Submitted by Bob Janiskee on May 10, 2012 - 10:11am.

You are fishing in the wrong pond, volknitter. This photo was not taken at Capitol Reef National Park. In fact, it was not taken in Utah.


Submitted by KevinM on May 10, 2012 - 11:36am.

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore


Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on May 10, 2012 - 11:41am.

No, 'fraid it's not Pictured Rocks, Kevin. But in some fashion, you're headed in the right direction!


Submitted by admin on May 10, 2012 - 12:31pm.

The Painted Desert in The Petrified Forest NP


Submitted by admin on May 10, 2012 - 12:36pm.

A sandstone bluff at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore?


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