Sandstone joints, #20748

Sandstone joints. These cracks and joints are formed in the sandstone by water that seeps into spaces and is then frozen at night, expanding and cracking the sandstone into geometric forms. North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA, natural history stock photograph, photo id 20748
Sandstone joints. These cracks and joints are formed in the sandstone by water that seeps into spaces and is then frozen at night, expanding and cracking the sandstone into geometric forms. North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA

Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona
Image ID: 20748
Format: Digital 3:2
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