Checkerboard Mesa.

"The "checkers" or "biscuits" that groove its surface are formed by the weathering of horizontal bedding planes and vertical cracks."

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Zion National Park. East Gate
October 2, 2001
Driving through, see in sights
10:00 am
11:00 am
1 hour
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Warm and clear and beautiful
Interesting rocks