Kim - One of nature's fascinating phenomenon. I Googled it to learn that these are two limestone slabs (from the era when Utah was underwater of a large ocean), that have been moved to a vertical position, with intermediate layers eroding to form the slide. Seeing the trees by its side, it is a large rock formation. With the low-angle lighting, you have captured the slide very well. Thad
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The rock formation looks very good,Kimberly,the clarity is very good,the hill is nice,i am not sure how big the rock formation is? the lighting and sky are very pleasant too,the photo looks very good.
Another wonder of nature. When I see such formations I
imagine how during the eruptions that happened millions of years ago rocks and earth were thrown into the air and settled down into odd shapes. A very interesting image, Kim.
Rather than being thrown into the air, Raj, this is the result of the earth "folding" over on itself. The limestone layers, as Thad has identified them, had a softer material sandwiched in between them that eroded away over many years. The fact that there is no growth showing between them indicates this must either be a very deep groove, not allowing sunlight to penetrate far enough to support life, or it's relatively smooth and all the soil was washed out by water erosion. The formation was just waiting for our talented Kimberly to come along and photograph them for us. Thank you dear, for your efforts. With your permission I'm going to send it along to a geologist friend of mine.
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Kim I will always remember driving by this place for the first time and then having someone tell me what it was called. This place fits the name just perfectly! Love the angle on this shot. Paul