Color, not height, is the real authority in Canyonlands’ so-called Palette Park, where the canyon wall reads less like scenery and more like an open file drawer of buried worlds. Rust bands, chalky whites, and muted purples mark shifts that sedimentologists would otherwise have to infer from drill cores and seismic profiles.At the base, thick, grayish beds betray ancient seas. Short story. Their f...More