A trip to some impressive mud formations to improve their conservation marker tape and to photograph them. They are formed when small pebbles disrupt the dripping of water that erodes the surrounding mud, revealing the strata of deposition.
Pete in the Long Gallery
11:55 AM
The new tape protecting the Monolithic Towers
12:25 PM
Close-up of a tower
12:29 PM
12:29 PM
The towers, with Pete for scale
12:31 PM
Another monolithic close-up
12:35 PM
A tall, thin one
12:36 PM
Reminds me of Monument Valley or Canyonlands...
12:37 PM
Another group photo
12:38 PM
Final one
12:40 PM