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The Notch May 2012

Hanksville, Utah

Mules Ears and Henry Mountains

Looking southwest from sandstone cap rock in The Notch area north of Hanksville, Utah to the Henry Mountains.

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Mules Ears

Close up of Mules Ears growing in the cracks between cap rock in The Notch area north of Hanksville, Utah.


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Sandstone Cap rock

View southwest to the Henry Mountains from cap rock in The Notch.   The black rock is a basalt erratic from a volcano on Boulder Mountain.


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Sandstone Cap rock

View west to Factory Butte from sandstone cap rock with basalt erratic.

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Sandstone Cap rock

View southwest from sandstone cap rock to the Henry Mountains.


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Mules Ears

View west from sandstone cap rock and Mules Ears to the San Rafael Reef on the horizon.

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Mules Ears

View west with Mules Ears to the San Rafael Reef on the horizon.  Reddish Sandstone, siltstone and shale formation in midground.


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Cap Rock and Mules Ears

Sandstone cap rock and mules ears from on top of The Notch.

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Cap Rock

View southwest from on top of The Notch toward Highway 24.  The rippled sandy bottom of a shallow sea can be seen frozen in the cap rock.

 

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Cap Rock and Henry Mountains

View southwest from on top of The Notch toward the Henry Mountains.


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