Bryce National Park (6/24)

Bryce features columns, some stand alone, some like bas relief in a row. The columns are called Hoodoos. Hoodoos are composed of soft sedimentary rock and are topped by a piece of harder, less easily-eroded stone that protects the column from the elements. People have seen all kinds of characters and figures in them; they reminded me more than anything of the rows of carved saints on cathedrals we have seen in Europe. Some of the more “life-like” ones reminded me of the figures carved in stone peering out of internal windows in St. Stephens cathedral in Vienna.

The last 3 seem to cry out for larger images.

On to Arches National Park tomorrow and then to Montrose, CO. where hopefully it’s cooler!