The western part of the United States hosts the most mysterious civilization of the American Republic. At the junction of South Utah Week and Arizona in the western United States, there is a magnificent and desolate red wasteland, where the world-famous Grand Canyon of Colorado, as well as Saguaro, Monument Valley, Antelope Mountain Canyon and other famous attractions, attracting countless people to visit.
In addition to these, there is a dream landscape off the beaten track, and that is the Parria Gorge.
Parria Canyon is a special tourism for wild exploration, which is mainly divided into three exploration areas: South Wolf Hill, North Wolf Hill and Parria River Channel. Among them, Wolf Hill has a long history, which was evolved from the geological sand dunes of the Jurassic period 190 million years ago after countless wind and sun and crustal changes. Standing on the top of the sand dunes, looking at the layers of blood-red sandstone rolling in the distance, let us marvel at the magic of nature, but also want to explore its mysterious interior, want to understand what kind of treasure has been left to us by these billions of years.
Paria Canyon is also called Wave Valley, because the lines on its rocks are wavy, so it has a very apt name of Wave Valley. Wave Valley showcases a world of sandstone carved over millions of years of wind, water and time. The complex layers of Wave Valley rocks are made up of huge sand dunes that began to be deposited in the Jurassic Period 150 million years ago.
Over time, the dunes are constantly covered by layers of red sand soaked in groundwater. Over time, the minerals in the water condensed the sand into sandstone, forming a cascading structure. Later, as the plains rose and the long winds and water erosions passed, the layers of sandstone in the canyon became increasingly clear. As the dunes move, the change in texture reflects the difference in color depth that occurs in each layer of sandstone with the different levels of deposited minerals. The red color in these red sandstones is mainly produced by the oxidation of iron and manganese, which have different colors due to the degree of oxidation, so that this strange pattern can be formed in the canyon.
As you climb the hillsides and enter the narrow crevices of the rocks, you will instantly find yourself stepping into a time tunnel. The fiery red waves present this billion-year-old creation of nature to people, making people rush with blood. When you slow down, you suddenly find that your small body like a grain of sand is already at the bottom of the wave valley, swallowed up by the rolling colored waves.
Look closely at each rock, every ripple stretches out beautiful curves and strong colors. They are the result of countless washes, macerations and various natural polishes of wind and frost, rain and snow. When the sunlight hits the ripples of the sandstone, the three-dimensional sense of the waves is more prominent, and it looks particularly bright and full against the background of the blue sky. There is very little precipitation in the desert, and the blazing sun is blazing, so even in winter, there are not many days of snow in the Wave Valley. As you stand on the edge of a cliff overlooking the plains, you can't help but marvel at what forces have shaped such a stunning geological spectacle.
