Sweeping video during sunset of mesas, buttes and a dormant volcano just outside Zion National Park, Utah.
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Fall Colors and Sandstone Rock Formations Collide at Zion Country
An aerial view of Cottonwood trees nearing peak color against the red rock formations just outside Zion National Park, Utah.
Buttes, Plateaus and Mesas- What’s the Difference?
The images below shot last week along the Arizona/Utah border show buttes, plateaus and mesas, geologic land forms that permeate America’s Desert Southwest. In general terms, buttes are smaller than mesas and mesas are smaller than plateaus. Buttes were probably once mesas but shrunk in size due to erosion. Plateaus are bigger than both mesas and buttes. But specific sizes of each land form are not normally defined.
