Description:Now we get to the part of the White Rim Trail trip where the sun is up!
This white cap stone is seen in the foreground but look at the towers on the left as well. The layer resists erosion better than the red sandstone and makes of a shelf between the Colorado and Green Rivers and the very top mesas at Island In The Sky and others.
With just a little bit of water from rain and snows and a little bit of dirt, plant life on the trail is stubborn and small.
Location:Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA, North America
Photograph copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved.