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- Title: Peekaboo Loop from the Rim
- Description: A colorful view of Bryce Canyon floor along the Peekaboo Loop trail. This image, taken from the rim trail west of Bryce Point, clearly shows the effect of weather and wind in the area. Bryce Canyon is not a "real" canyon. It is not carved by flowing water. Water is the active ingredient here but in the form of "frost-wedging" and chemical weathering. For 200 days a year, the temperature goes above and below freezing every day. During the day, melt water seeps into fractures only to freeze at night, expanding by up to 9%. Now as ice, it exerts a tremendous force. Over time this "frost-wedging" shatters and pries rock apart. In addition, rainwater, which is naturally acidic, slowly dissolves the limestone, rounding off edges and washing away debris creating these colorful and unique hoodoos.
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- Added: Dec 29, 2017
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