USA - Utah, Goblin Valley State Park
Goblin Valley is a small State Park, about 2 miles long and 1 mile wide. In the valley are thousands of amazingly shaped rock figures, most of them no more than two or three meters high, surrounded by a wall of eroded cliffs. The shapes of these rocks result from an erosion-resistant layer of rock atop relatively softer sandstone.
In 1949 the valley was named "Mushroom Valley", because many of the rock figures resemble mushrooms. Later the name was changed into Goblin Valley, which is also a well chosen name because one can easily see an army of gnomes in these hoodoos. Goblin Valley State Park (and Bryce Canyon National Park) contain some of the largest occurrences of hoodoos in the world.
The goblins, like the surface of the valley, all have the same chocolate brown colour. Plants and flowers can hardly survive in this dry, warm environment, so there is no vegetation at all here.
It is also allowed to walk into the valley and wander between the goblins.
Goblin Valley was granted the status of State Park in 1964.
More information
Visible by: Everyone
All rights reserved
-
Taken on Friday June 20, 2008
-
Posted on Thursday January 24, 2019
- 1 208 visits
- 83 people like
48 comments
Schussentäler said:
Nouchetdu38 said:
Excellent shotS !!!!!!!
Berny said:
Guy Bacca (guybac) said:
Peter Castell said:
Jean said:
Madeleine Defawes said:
Adriana Grecu said:
Pat Del said:
Rosalyn Hilborne said:
tiabunna said:
J.Garcia said:
The mountain is disappearing and stands a sea of rocks
I really like the desert landscapes and this is stunning!!
Thanks, Jaap!!
Keith Burton said:
The rocks formations are stunning! It must be quite difficult to work out how to compose this sort of image - simply because of the randomness of it all..............but you've cracked it and actually managed to find and capture a leading line into the shot! The light and colours are beautiful.
Two super images in the PiPs as well. Excellent work Jaap!
Ulrich John said:
sasithorn_s said: