Sandstone Magnets

Patter in the sandstone cliff at Terrigal Beach

El Malpais Sandstone Bluffs by Debra Martz........................... El Malpais National Monument is located near Grants, New Mexico. Its name, El Malpais, translates to badlands in Spanish. It was not so much the bluffs that the Spanish explorers of 1540 named this part of New Mexico but more for the lava flows surrounding the area. There were informational signs warning of the rugged terrain below and while hiking was allowed you were made aware that every year there are search and rescue teams sent to look for lost hikers. With that, I decided to stick to the upper region of the bluffs and heeded the warning of watching for steep drop-offs! Along the top of the bluffs were a number of potholes, tinajas, varying in color from gray to...

up the northern end of Balmoral Beach along the rock platform there are some beautiful patterns carved into the sandstone by tide and storm

Botany Bay

Derived from Met open access imagery, inspired by double exposure photography, I hope you like it!

This is my watercolor painting of the famous Monument Valley, which is located on the Arizona and Utah state line. This park is a filming location for Western movies. In this painting are the West Mitten Butte, East Mitten Butte and Merrick Butte. I included a cowboy with horse on the John Ford point. Salt was used for the special effects on the rocks and mountains.

Cool sandstone arch in Fire Valley.

Outdoors Wisconsin • Cambrian Sandstone Cliff: Wisconsin is a midwestern U.S. state with coastlines on 2 Great Lakes (Michigan and Superior). Amazing sandstone cliffs attract visitors to Wisconsin Dells and the Apostle Islands. This distinctive red sandstone, easily recognizable for its color and texture, sandstone was formed during the late Cambrian period, which began about 500 million years ago. The Dells are located right in the country's heartland along a magnificent stretch of river way that has grabbed tourists' attention since the 1850s. One of the most prominent rock formations on the Apostle Islands is the Bayfield sandstone. Outdoors Wisconsin • Cambrian Sandstone Cliffs © 2024 Grumble Services, LLC. • All rights reserved

Lick Wash is a slot canyon whose rock walls are formed by water erosion from flash floods at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Kane County, Utah.

Lick Wash is a slot canyon whose rock walls are formed by water erosion from flash floods at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Kane County, Utah.

Valley of Fire State Park is a public recreation and nature preservation area covering nearly 46,000 acres located 16 miles south of Overton, Nevada. The state park derives its name from red sandstone formations, the Aztec Sandstone, which formed from shifting sand dunes 150 million years ago.

Canyons and eroded sandstone and limestone formations dominate the landscape at Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.

Valley of Fire State Park is a public recreation and nature preservation area covering nearly 46,000 acres located 16 miles south of Overton, Nevada. The state park derives its name from red sandstone formations, the Aztec Sandstone, which formed from shifting sand dunes 150 million years ago.

Lick Wash is a slot canyon whose rock walls are formed by water erosion from flash floods at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Kane County, Utah.

Lick Wash is a slot canyon whose rock walls are formed by water erosion from flash floods at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Kane County, Utah.

Lick Wash is a slot canyon whose rock walls are formed by water erosion from flash floods at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Kane County, Utah.

Valley of Fire State Park is a public recreation and nature preservation area covering nearly 46,000 acres located 16 miles south of Overton, Nevada. The state park derives its name from red sandstone formations, the Aztec Sandstone, which formed from shifting sand dunes 150 million years ago.

Canyons and eroded sandstone and limestone formations dominate the landscape at Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.

Valley of Fire State Park is a public recreation and nature preservation area covering nearly 46,000 acres located 16 miles south of Overton, Nevada. The state park derives its name from red sandstone formations, the Aztec Sandstone, which formed from shifting sand dunes 150 million years ago.

Canyons and eroded sandstone and limestone formations dominate the landscape at Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.

Canyons and eroded sandstone and limestone formations dominate the landscape at Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.

Valley of Fire State Park is a public recreation and nature preservation area covering nearly 46,000 acres located 16 miles south of Overton, Nevada. The state park derives its name from red sandstone formations, the Aztec Sandstone, which formed from shifting sand dunes 150 million years ago.

Hoodoos and eroded sandstone formations along the Queen's Garden and Navajo Loop hiking trails at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

Cedar Breaks National Monument is a natural amphitheater canyon at an elevation of ten thousand feet stretching three miles wide and over a half mile deep near Cedar City, Utah.

Hoodoos and eroded sandstone formations along the Queen's Garden and Navajo Loop hiking trails at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

Hoodoos and eroded sandstone formations along the Queen's Garden and Navajo Loop hiking trails at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

Hoodoos and eroded sandstone formations along the Queen's Garden and Navajo Loop hiking trails at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

Hoodoos and eroded sandstone formations along the Queen's Garden and Navajo Loop hiking trails at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

Hoodoos and eroded sandstone formations along the Queen's Garden and Navajo Loop hiking trails at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

Hoodoos and eroded sandstone formations along the Queen's Garden and Navajo Loop hiking trails at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

Hoodoos and eroded sandstone formations along the Queen's Garden and Navajo Loop hiking trails at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

Hoodoos and eroded sandstone formations along the Queen's Garden and Navajo Loop hiking trails at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

Hoodoos and eroded sandstone formations along the Queen's Garden and Navajo Loop hiking trails at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

Hoodoos and eroded sandstone formations along the Queen's Garden and Navajo Loop hiking trails at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

Hoodoos and eroded sandstone formations along the Queen's Garden and Navajo Loop hiking trails at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

Hoodoos and eroded sandstone formations along the Queen's Garden and Navajo Loop hiking trails at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.