Ute Creek in the Colorado National Monument, before it drops into the canyon.

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Ute Creek in the Colorado National Monument, before it drops into the canyon. Here, it flows along a bed of concrete-hard Kayenta sandstone after having eroded through the much softer Entrada Sandstone above. The contact between the two is clearly visible on the left.

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Size: 4256px × 2832px
Location: Rimrock Dr., Grand Junction,Colorado, USA
Photo credit: © Ken Barber / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: colorado, entrada, geology, kayenta, monument, national