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...Zion National Park
Zion Natl Park

If you think that if you've seen one national park in Utah, you've seen them all, you're sadly mistaken.

The only common ground I found was the intense beauty and the fact that all the parks have wonderful and numerous hiking trails.

Welcome to Zion...like no other.

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Checkerboard Mesa
Tunnel at Zion NP
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The unique pattern to this mountain of Navajo Sandstone has earned it the name the Checkboard Mesa. The horizontal lines are made of layers of wind-blown sand that built up into sand dunes. The vertical lines, less common, are actually very shallow cracks caused by erosion and by stress. Stress can be caused by changes in temperature, by expansion and contraction, and by wetness and dryness of the soil.
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a tunnel window
Zion has two main tunnels along the Zion - Mt. Carmel Highway. One is a very short tunnel (pictured in a photo above), but the second is quite long. It offers an occasional window such as this one seen from the outside.
The Great Arch
The Great Arch, along the Zion - Mt. Carmel Highway (Highway 9).
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