Hoodoos are a strange geological rock formation found mainly in Bryce Canyon National Park, Colorado and the Badlands of South Dakota. Their formation consist of different layers of hard and soft sedimentary rock. Generally the hard layers being on top, erosion of the softer layers of rock gives them their strange unusual chimney or mushroom shapes. The size of the Hoodoos in the gallery range from a couple feet to about 50 feet and are located in Woodman Valley Park in Colorado Springs. One of formations in the area is called the Dutch Wedding Rock, which is not accessable due to being on private land. Hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park can be more than 100 feet tall.
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Here’s a link to one of my photos of a formation I like to call “dinosaur eggs” in the Bisti Wilderness area that I mentioned above:
http://kenhurstphotography.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Southwest-USA/G0000DFCEbs1q.Ng/I0000TSNKJ5vaC2E
Nice work Doug, enjoyed the photos and the HDR demo. I haven’t been to that part of Colorado but I’m going to have to check it out someday. Have you ever been to Bisti Wilderness in New Mexico? It’s about 30-40 minutes south of Farmington, New Mexico and the hoodoos and other very weird rock formations in that area are amazing and other-worldly. If you ever get down that way check it out. It takes a bit of hiking in to find the best formations but it’s an easy hike. More than likely you won’t see anyone else in the area while you’re there. At least that’s been my experience on the four or five visits I’ve made to that area.
Ken