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A Wrinkle in the Earth --Capitol Reef National Park

A landscape of cliffs and canyons, arches and bridges, slick rock and petroglyphs, and orchards — all within a massive 100 mile-long rock reef, known as the Waterpocket Fold (also identified as a "wrinkle" in the earth's surface). "Capitol Reef was named for a line of white domes and cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, each of which looks somewhat like the United States Capitol building. The local word reef referred to any rocky barrier to travel" (the Waterpocket Fold).
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small hoodoo-like formations
small hoodoo-like formations		 Sandstone monolith
Sandstone monolith		 The Devil's Sandpile
The Devil's Sandpile		 Factory Butte
Factory Butte
And now we are in the Park
And now we are in the Park		 The Behunins
The Behunins		 The preserved Behunin cabin
The preserved Behunin cabin		 Navajo Dome geology
Navajo Dome geology
Navajo Dome
Navajo Dome		 Capitol Dome
Capitol Dome		 Wild Daisies growing in the desert
Wild Daisies growing in the desert		 a view from the Hickman Bridge Trail
a view from the Hickman Bridge Trail
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