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Bryce Canyon National Park - near Tropic Utah (UT).

Bryce Canyon view with Indian faces in rock

aerial view ot the Hoodoos in the Amphitheater At Bryce Canyon National Park In Utah

Hoodoos abound in this vista at Bryce Canyon National Park. Hoodoos are formed by a natural process called frost-wedging. When snow and ice melt, water seeps into cracks in the rocks. Later, when the water re-freezes, it expands the cracks. This occurs with exceptional frequency at Bryce Canyon, which has led to the park’s stunning array of these spire-shaped formations.

Great spires carved away by erosion in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA.

Scenic view of amazing red sandstone hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, Unated States

Detail of hoodoos in Bryce Ampitheater from Sunset Point. Harder cap rock which is more resistant to erosion than pink rock is visible on center row of hoodoos. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA.

$USA, State of Utah. Garfield County. Bryce Amphiteater. Bryce Canyon National Park is a collection of natural amphitheaters along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Its rim varies from 8,000 to 9,000 feet. The Bryce Amphitheater is 12 miles long, 3 miles wide and 800 feet deep. The Paiute Indians believed that the hoodoos (pinnacles) were people whom the gods turned to stone. The area was named after Ebenezer Bryce, who was sent here by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He settled in this area in 1874. He pastured his cattle here, and said that these amphitheaters were a \$

Majestic landscapes of the Bryce Canyon National Park. Hiking during a hot and dry summer day in the Walls Street trail and Navajo loop trail

Evening light - Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA - view of rock towers in the landscape

close-up view of the colored Hoodoos at Bryce Canyon National park, Utah, USA

A landscape view of Bryce Canyon national Park in Utah.

scenic view to the hoodoos in the Bryce Canyon national Park, Utah, USA

Trekking the Fairyland loop trail in Bryce Canyon National Park at sunrise with some clouds and rain

A panoramic view over the famous hoodoos of Bryce Canyon National Park

Bryce Canyon is not actually a canyon, but rather a collection of giant natural amphitheaters along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southwestern Utah. It is well known for its large amount off bizarre rock spires and pinnacles known as Hoodoos, which formed from the erosion of the limestone of the Claron Formation. Legend though claims that these pinnacles were people, who were so bad and evil that the Coyote turned them to stone.

A close-up photo of Bryce Canyon's pillars of eroded stone in orange and red colors.

Scenic view over the Bryce Canyon National Park, USA

beautiful landscape in Bryce Canyon with magnificent Stone formation like Amphitheater, temples, figures in afternoon ligh

Hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

The millennial erosion of rain and wind created the fabulous spectacle of pinnacles and red rock spiers that form Bryce Canyon in Utah.

$Old rock formations called Hoodoos\nin Bryce Canyon\nNational Park, Utah,\nUSA. Hoodoos are an incredible and rare formation made over millions of years.$

Close up of Rock formation in Sunrise light in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

Bryce Canyon hoodoos at Agua Canyon view point. The tall formation is called The Hunter and the one to it's right the Rabbit. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA. Oct 1979 scanned film.

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