Paria Canyon, 5/14. Closeup of a pattern that appears all over this area. I am no geologist, but it seems pretty clear there was a massive upheaval and tilt in the middle of aeons of sedimentation.

@cliffordbeshers If you hadn’t said this was rock, I would have thought it was a thick putty. Incredible!

@gregmoore Yeah, it is bizarre. Looking at it today, I wondered what sheared off those diagonal lines? They must have been flat, then tilted. So what cut a perfectly horizontal line for new sediment to start flat?

@cliffordbeshers Perhaps the horizontal lines are from fast flowing water and sediment? Whatever the reason, it’s a marvel.

@gregmoore Oh, I think you were on to something. I found a name and an explanation...but I don't understand it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cros...