Day: July 14, 2016

• Zion’s Checkerboard Mesa Is A Natural Phenomenon

  Produced from millions of years of erosion and cross bedding of the soft sandstone layers, Zion National Park’s Checkerboard Mesa is a natural geologic feature.  One visitor to the park asked me if it was man made, probably because they couldn’t comprehend how nature could offer this. No stucco here!    

  Michael Andrew Just

  July 14, 2016

  Desert Southwest, National Parks, Utah, Zion

  Checkerboard Mesa, Cross Bedding, erosion, National Park, Sunset, Zion