Goblin Valley State Park Utah II

Title

Goblin Valley State Park Utah II

Artist

Joan Carroll

Medium

Photograph - Photography And Digital Art

Description

A trip to Goblin Valley State Park (Utah, USA) is like stepping onto the surface of Mars. It is a landscape featuring thousands of hoodoos, referred to locally as goblins. The formations are endlessly fascinating and the scene constantly changing. It is easy to want to go just a few steps farther and a few steps after that. After a while you can wander yourself into a state of disorientation and wonder how to get back to the parking lot! I felt like I should be dropping bread crumbs along my path. The formations are composed of sandstone and because of its uneven hardness, some patches resisted erosion better than others over the centuries. The softer material was removed by wind and water leaving the goblins behinds. Further erosion by water and wind shaped and smoothed the goblins. While Native Americans clearly knew this area, it wasn’t until the late 1920s that Americans discovered it. One of those men, Arthur Chaffin, returned in 1949 to explore and photograph the area, after which is was acquired by the state of Utah and in 1964 designated as a state park.

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