{"id":10639,"date":"2022-08-13T08:33:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T00:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/?p=10639"},"modified":"2023-01-01T09:35:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T01:35:02","slug":"the-tree-of-eons-a-spectacular-dendritic-erosional-pattern-in-the-utah-badlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/the-tree-of-eons-a-spectacular-dendritic-erosional-pattern-in-the-utah-badlands.html","title":{"rendered":"The Tree of Eons, A Spectacular Dendritic Erosional Pattern in the Utah Badlands"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]The Tree of Eons<\/strong>. \u00a0That’s the name I have bestowed upon this amazing structure found deep in the badlands of Southern Utah. \u00a0To my eye it is an ancient tree, about 150 million years old. It is also similar to the dendrites found in crystals or our nervous system. A few friends have remarked the Tree of Eons has a fractal-like appearance. \u00a0However it is described, it is spectacular and cannot be fully appreciated except from an elevated vantage. \u00a0I have hiked to the edge of it, but it is difficult to understand what it looks like without an eye in the sky. \u00a0If my research serves me well, the Tree of Eons was carved by natural erosive processes from the Brushy Basin member of the 85-meter thick Jurassic-era Morrison Formation. It originated as mud, silt, sand and ash laid down in lakes and swamps. \u00a0The fossil record indicates there were coniferous trees growing there at that time along with fish, reptiles and amphibians, shellfish and a variety of dinosaurs moving over the land. \u00a0Buried for millions of years, the Tree of Eons is now exposed again near the San Rafael Reef. \u00a0This is one of the most difficult aerial panoramas I have made, requiring a lot of time and many individual photographs to be “tiled” together to create the final image. \u00a0Cheers, and thanks for looking![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” 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