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            Cache Valley in Arches National Park, Utah, USA. The valley floor has a strange greenish colour - depending on the sources I found on the internet, it might be due to iron-rich, non-oxidized sandstone (part of the Bushy Basin Member of the Morrison Formation) or potentially volcanic ash. The conglomerate layer includes celadonite that has green colour or its high iron content has gone through a chemical process that gives it this greenish cast.

We drove around in the Park and made a few short walks with the kids in July 2008, during our road trip to the Southwestern US. These pictures were taken along the short walking trail to the Delicate Arch Viewpoint. The hiking trail climbs one-half mile (0.8 km) toward Delicate Arch and ends at the rim of a steep canyon that separates the viewpoint from the arch.

Az Arches Nemzeti Park Utah államban, USA. Nagy délnyugati autós kirándulásunk alkalmával jártunk itt 2008. júliusában. Autóval tettünk egy kört a parkban, megállva az egyes látnivalóknál, ahol kisebb sétákkal jutottunk el a sok különleges és szép sziklaalakzathoz. Ezeket a képeket a Delicate Arch-hoz vezető alig egy kilométeres úton készítettem a szép zöld színben pompázó völgyről - az internetről sem tudtam egyértelműen megállapítani, hogy mi okozta ezt az elszíneződést.

Arches National Park is a US National Park in eastern Utah, 4 miles north of Moab. It is known for containing over 2,000 natural sandstone arches, including world-famous ones, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations. The national park lies atop an underground evaporite layer or salt bed, which is the main cause of the formation of the arches, spires, balanced rocks, sandstone fins, and eroded monoliths in the area. This salt bed was deposited some 300 million years ago when a sea flowed into the region and eventually evaporated. Over millions of years, desert conditions prevailed and the vast Navajo Sandstone was deposited. An additional sequence of stream laid and windblown sediments, the Entrada Sandstone (about 140 Ma), was deposited on top of the Navajo. The arches of the area are developed mostly within the Entrada formation.

Taken in: United States / Utah / Grand (show map)

Taken on: July 1, 2008

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Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi, f/11.0, 1/200 sec, 50mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	50mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
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