Southwest USA Page 8 of 9: Nevada: Valley of Fire State Park ~ Cathedral Gorge State Park

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Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada:


Left: Sunset light in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

        Below right: Atlatl Rock in Valley of Fire State Park.


Above: Colorful sandstone in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

Below: Colorful natural sandstone patterns in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

Left: Campground at Valley of Fire State Park.

        Below right: Petroglyphs in Valley of Fire State Park.

Left: Smoothly eroded sandstone stream bed.

       Below right: Dike intrusions in sandstone.

Above: Exfoliated sandstone.

Above: a bell-shaped hole eroded in sandstone.

Left: Sandstone butte. Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

        Below right: White and red sandstone layers. Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

Below: Sandstone pattern by Carol Dempsey. Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

Below: a rainbow of sandstone colors:


Above: exfoliating sandstone in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada:
Million-year-old lake sediments have eroded into fantastic mud castles at Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada. Camping overnight here for sunrise and sunset is well worthwhile.

Left: Water has carried mud from an old heap into a newer lower heap.

    Below right: Erosion will change this shape of mud every year.


Left: I explore a mud slot canyon in Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada. (Self portrait photographed with camera on a tripod.)

    Below right: Eroded mud shapes.


Left: An eroded bluff.

    Below right: A melting pinnacle.
 

Left: a mud column about 30 feet high.

       Below right: Hard capstones have protected softer mud underneath.

Left: Million-year-old lake sediments have eroded into mud castles at Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada.

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