Saturday, November 13, 2021

Sandstone and Pipes


 The formations that look like pillars are called "pipes" and how they formed is a mystery. They are not composed of of the same sandstone as the surrounding rocks, they are intrusions of a harder conglomerate. You can read more about this landscape with this article called, "Clastic Pipes and Dikes in Kodachrome Basin", by Ariel A. Roth. 

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