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Midday at Zion on day 2. The trail to lower Emerald Falls is paved, and not too strenuous.
After leaving the parking lot, it crosses the virgin river.
The falls come over a rock ledge that curves around, with the trail underneath.
Then you climb a bit, and come to Middle Emerald Pool, which is a small wet area on the rock ledge that is Lower Emerald Falls. From there you walk upward a ways, and come to Upper Emerald Falls.
The upper falls come off of a high cliff, and drop quite a way onto the rocks which border its pond. It's quite nice, both the views and the relaxing environment of the cool, shady pond.
There were quite a few people up there, but it didn't bother me a bit. Everyone is happy.
Western Tanager
After leaving the parking lot, it crosses the virgin river.
The falls come over a rock ledge that curves around, with the trail underneath.
Then you climb a bit, and come to Middle Emerald Pool, which is a small wet area on the rock ledge that is Lower Emerald Falls. From there you walk upward a ways, and come to Upper Emerald Falls.
The upper falls come off of a high cliff, and drop quite a way onto the rocks which border its pond. It's quite nice, both the views and the relaxing environment of the cool, shady pond.
There were quite a few people up there, but it didn't bother me a bit. Everyone is happy.
Western Tanager
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Date: 2011-06-11 07:20 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-06-11 08:33 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-06-11 08:46 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-06-11 08:35 pm (UTC)From:Picture n #5 is awesome.
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Date: 2011-06-11 08:47 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-06-11 08:58 pm (UTC)From:Nice bird!
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Date: 2011-06-11 09:29 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-06-12 02:30 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-06-12 04:58 am (UTC)From:I would say that any horizontal lines are sedimentary layers. The structure of the rock causes it to fracture vertically, and that's totally independent of the layers that were laid down.
Yes, it was awesome in every sense. And you can really feel the awesome when you're standing amongst it. I've mentioned before how much more I liked this than the Grand Canyon. That was so immense that I couldn't really feel it.
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Date: 2011-06-12 02:30 pm (UTC)From:Once again, I have that wish that I had gone into geology (took a class when I was a Sr. in high school on geology & astronomy - took it for the astronomy, but was completely taken by the geology).