More of these astonishing red fossilized sand dunes--but in this case, at Valley of Fire State Park, a few miles east of Las Vegas, just a bit south of I-15.
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I read this sign, and I found myself wondering: "What sort of person would think that there was any sport in hunting an animal this slow? Or would intentionally run one over with a car?"
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More of this mix of red and black iron oxides.
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This rock formation is called a beehive, and you can see why. And with a little thought, you can see how erosion on these sandstone formations could give these rounded formations.
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To give you some idea of the thickness of these sandstone layers:
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No, quarters don't naturally occur in these layers.
There's my wife doing her "Atlas" thing.
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It doesn't seem quite as compelling in a picture as it did it person, but there was something anthropomorphic about some of these eroded sandstone rocks. At night, perhaps, with Moonlight, it might be a bit unnerving.
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Here's a picture that really captures the contrast between the red sandstone layers and what I think is the limestone layer that sits atop it across much of the Southwest.
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