Bryce Canyon National Park, known as the Palace of Natural Stone Figures, is located in the southwestern part of Utah and covers an area of 145 square kilometers. The landscape here features natural rock pillars formed 60 million years ago. At that time, the surface was eroded by glaciers, severe frost and storms, and the rocks were broken and disintegrated, and the resulting stone forest area was a spectacle.
When the sun rises from the east and casts light on the rock pillars, the amber stone pillars in the side light area will instantly become crystal clear and breathtakingly beautiful.
Although its name has the word canyon, it is not a real canyon, but a huge natural amphitheater formed by erosion along the east side of the Ponsa Gaunt Plateau. The rocks of Bryce Canyon have been eroded by wind, frost and thunderstorms, showing more than 60 different colors such as red, yellow and brown, which are really dazzling.
Bryce National Park is famous for its unique geographical structure, and it is better to think of it as a work of art by nature rather than an alternative canyon. Bryce Canyon National Park is higher in elevation than neighboring Sion National Park and Grand Canyon National Park, so it has a very different natural ecology and climate, creating the largest geological feature in the park - rock pillars.
Bryce Canyon is actually named after the pioneers. In 1875, a pioneer named Bryce came to a canyon on the north bank of the Colorado River and established a ranch in what he called "hell that can't feed a single cow."
Despite the harsh environment and difficult life, he persevered because he found the canyon itself a miracle.
Although there is no flat pasture covered with fresh grass, nor can it be used as a fertile field for planting crops, but there is a shocking beauty and a scene that shocks the soul, so he fell deeply in love with this barren land.Later, people named the Grand Canyon after him and called it "Bryce Canyon".
More than 100 years have passed since Bryce discovered this beautiful canyon, and more and more people come here. People who saw it were all amazed by its magnificence and magic. They sighed at the magical power of nature, and also lamented Bryce's luck in discovering such a huge "art paradise". Looking out from the Bryce Canyon Plateau in the United States, the stone pillar array composed of thousands of stone pillars is magnificent.
Thousands of stone pillars, some like sharp swords sticking straight into the sky, some as graceful as girls. This makes people have to sigh the magic of nature. No matter summer or winter, you can find a good angle to take amazing scenery here.
According to geographers, these bizarre stone pillars in Bryce Canyon were formed 10 million years ago by crustal changes to form cliffs and plateaus, and then gradually formed by the erosion of river water and the erosion of wind, frost, rain and snow. Looking at it from a distance, we have to marvel at the greatness of nature!