Wahweap Hoodoos - Towers Of Silence, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
In an alcove far into a remote area of Utah desert is where the Wahweap Hoodoos stand. These impossibly white towers are formed out of a uniquely colored entrada sandstone. A harder layer of dakota sandstone has protected the softer rock from erosion and can still be seen as the brown caps of stone atop the towers. The older, softer entrada sandstone is 160 million years old. Over these millions of years erosion and weathering have created these amazing white pillars. The towers are the most dominating element of this landscape, but my eyes were soon drawn to the ground. The rock in some areas appears to flow like a river, cascading down the slope and around the hoodoos in a liquid like motion. This place is ancient, but at the same time so mysteriously alive. The sandstone rock appears to be in movement. A direct contradiction to the age and lifelessness of this quiet fragile place
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