Swirls and patterns of sandstone fins in Coyote Butte, Arizona, USA
by Neale And Judith Clark
Title
Swirls and patterns of sandstone fins in Coyote Butte, Arizona, USA
Artist
Neale And Judith Clark
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Photograph - Photography
Description
The Second Wave or Swirl - Swirls and patterns of sandstone fins in Coyote Buttes north known as the Second Wave vermillion cliffs wilderness Arizona utah usa. taken just as we were leaving the area as the light was dipping to dusk. This gave the fins an extra warmth of color
Alamy reference D6F3W2
The Wave is a sandstone rock formation located in Arizona, United States, near its northern border with Utah. The formation is situated on the slopes of the Coyote Buttes in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness of the Colorado Plateau. The area is administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument visitor center in Kanab, Utah
The formation is well-known among hikers and photographers for its colorful, undulating forms and the difficult hike required to reach it. Due to the fragile nature of the formation and the large number of people wishing to visit it, a daily lottery system is used to dispense only ten next-day permits in person at the Kanab visitor center. Additionally, ten online permits for each date are available four months in advance of a planned trip. A map and information about the hike are supplied to those who have obtained permits
The Wave exposes large-scale sets of cross-bedded eolian sandstone composed of rhythmic and cyclic alternating grainflow and windripple laminae. The rhythmic and cyclic alternating laminae represent periodic changes in the prevailing winds during the Jurassic period as large sand dunes migrated across a sandy desert. The thin ridges and ribbing seen within the Wave are the result of the differential erosion of rhythmic and cyclic alternating grainflow and windripple laminae within the Navajo Sandstone.
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January 14th, 2020
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