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Red Navajo walls and black basalt in Snow Canyon

Fig. 1Red Navajo walls and black basalt in Snow Canyon

Photo: Wilson44691 · Public domain

Landform

Red Navajo walls and black basalt in a St. George canyon — not Zion Canyon and not Kolob.

Field note

The sandstone is orange. The lava is a dark floor. A road threads the valley. This is Snow Canyon west of St. George, not the Virgin’s main gorge.

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Prints from Snow Canyon


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The prints

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