These pictures were taken at Goose Necks State Park, Utah December 2009.
It was extremely cold here, see the snow even at the bottom where the river is.
The snow makes the layers very visible.
The plaque gives a lot of informtion about the park, such as geology, climate, animals and plants.
The river originates in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, and many millions of years ago flowed gently across a flat landscape, forming large meanders that frequently changed position. Uplift associated with the creation of the Colorado Plateau caused the river gradually to become entrenched, preserving its most recent course in the deep canyons seen today. The rocks forming the sides of the gorge are shale and limestone from the Paradox Formation and the Honaker Trail Formation, up to 300 million years old.
Liz Flint, Century 21 Hardee-Team Realty, liz.flint@hotmail.com, 832-816-8066
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