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Temples of the Sun and Moon in Cathedral Valley

Fig. 1Temples of the Sun and Moon in Cathedral Valley

Photo: NPS/ Damian Popovic · Public domain

Landform

Monoliths of Entrada sandstone — Temples of the Sun and Moon — standing in a bentonite badland on the Waterpocket Fold.

Field note

The north district of Capitol Reef is a washboard road and a lot of sky. The temples are isolated fins. Fruita, down-canyon, is an orchard in a red gorge — another country entirely.

A private leaf

Prints from Cathedral Valley


Instant paper, this copy only. Write on the white — a line the walk still owes you.

The prints

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