Bryce Canyon National Park is an
American national park located in southwestern
Utah. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon, which despite its name, is not a canyon, but a collection of giant natural
amphitheaters along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. This panoramic view, as seen from Inspiration Point, shows the colorful
Claron Formation, from which the park's delicate
hoodoos are carved; the sediments were laid down in a system of streams and lakes that existed from 63 to about 40 million years ago (from the
Paleocene to the
Eocene epochs). The brown, pink and red colors are from
hematite, the yellows from
limonite, and the purples from
pyrolusite.
Photograph credit: Tony Jin