Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Bryce Canyon NP is also home to large, horseshoe-shaped amphitheatres, weathered from the edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau - and the famous Rim Trail. Sunset and sunrise are considered prime viewing times. The very dark night sky of the Utah desert isn't bad either.
Bryce Canyon was first declared a tourism destination in 1916, and then a National Monument in 1923. The area became a national park in 1928.
According to the U.S National Park Foundation, it covers two thousand vertical feet (about 610 vertical metres) across three climatic zones - the spruce forest, Ponderosa Pine forest and Pinyon Pine, also known as juniper forest.
Super-ancient sediment layering dates back to the end of the Cretaceous period, more than 66 million years ago. Bryce Canyon was once covered by the sea.
Dan Broun
Kuno Earth Media Centre Manager
Bryce Canyon NP is also home to large, horseshoe-shaped amphitheatres, weathered from the edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau - and the famous Rim Trail. Sunset and sunrise are considered prime viewing times. The very dark night sky of the Utah desert isn't bad either.
Bryce Canyon was first declared a tourism destination in 1916, and then a National Monument in 1923. The area became a national park in 1928.
According to the U.S National Park Foundation, it covers two thousand vertical feet (about 610 vertical metres) across three climatic zones - the spruce forest, Ponderosa Pine forest and Pinyon Pine, also known as juniper forest.
Super-ancient sediment layering dates back to the end of the Cretaceous period, more than 66 million years ago. Bryce Canyon was once covered by the sea.
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