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Gallery: Capitol Reef National Park Geology

Capitol Reef National Park Geology

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Geological GigaPans from Capitol Reef National Park and the surrounding area.

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Ron Schott
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  1. Midday or early afternoon is really the optimal time to GigaPan this spot, but I was passing through in the morning. View to the northwest...

  2. The Mancos Shale is often a fairly barren landscape, but these hearty yellow flowers have found a way to add a carpet of color to an otherwise bleak landscape.

  3. Partly cloudy skies meant shooting a bunch of smaller GigaPans than I normally would this day, some of them simply to document the landscape along my journey. This one was shot just north of Torrey, Utah.

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  5. The amazing view from the Capitol Reef Field Station in Southeastern Utah.

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  6. 200 degree view from the top of the canyon above the new Capitol Reef Field Station, in Captiol Reef National Park, Utah.

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  7. Or almost - just past the campground is the entrance to the scenic drive through the park. We didn't have enough time to drive it, but we did have a few minutes to stop and take a pan (the stop sign at the right edge of the pan marks the start of that drive). Capitol Reef was named for the sandstone ridge that bloc...

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  8. Outside the entrance to Capitol Reef National Park is this particular outcrop - the red layers are offset just to the left of the mesa at the right side of the pan (I'll snapshot it...). There's a nice description of the geology on a nearby plaque (not visible here....)

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  9. Located in eastern Utah, Capitol Reef was the name given to a ridge of sandstone that blocked westward travel by wagon. These rocks here (not actually the reef) outcrop along the road heading into the park.

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  10. Capitol Reef National Park,Utah, scenic hwy 12

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