πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈ TIL: #BryceCanyon in #Utah isn’t actually a #canyon – it’s a series of natural amphitheaters holding the world’s largest collection of #hoodoos, rock spires up to 60m tall that began forming 50 million years ago. 🏜️

The #park sits at 2,400m elevation, hosts #endangered species like the Utah #prairiedog and #California #condor, and became an International Dark Sky Park in 2019. 🌌

πŸ‘‰ https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/bryce-canyon-utah

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These 50-million-year-old giants are taller than the Statue of Liberty – and there are thousands of them | Discover Wildlife

Utah's Bryce Canyon isn’t a canyon at all, but a vast high plateau carved into numerous amphitheatres – and within these incredible rock formations there is life.

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The amphitheater at Bryce Canyon never gets old.

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Hoodoo and gnarly tree. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. April 1984.

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