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Chimneys of Kodachrome under broken cloud

Fig. 1Chimneys of Kodachrome under broken cloud

Photo: Photographersnature · CC BY-SA 3.0

Landform

Dozens of sandstone pipes — chimneys of a vanished dune field — standing in a basin of Entrada and Carmel rock.

Field note

The National Geographic expedition ran out of words and used a brand. The pipes are sediment that filled springs, then the softer rock left. Bryce is the next plateau over. This basin is quieter.

A private leaf

Prints from Kodachrome Basin


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

The prints

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Vintage map of the United States