slgwv's photos with the keyword: Wingate Sandstone

Yours truly on the West Gemini Bridge near Moab, Utah. It's both perfectly safe and perfectly legal!

To get the picture of the West Gemini Bridge. The reason there is so much rock in the foreground of that pic is that I was standing _well_ back from the edge! For more about the Gemini Bridges see the enclosing photo.

West Gemini Bridge on the left; East Gemini Bridge on the right. The Gemini Bridges are a twinned set of arches on BLM land near Moab, Utah. Alas, there have been a number of Darwin Awards due to idiots attempting to jump between the arches. See enclosing photo for more information.

Looking east; the other (east) bridge is hidden behind this one. The Gemini Bridges are a twinned set of arches on BLM (Bureau of Land Management) land near Moab, Utah, accessed by a rough dirt road (high clearance mandatory and 4WD desirable!) Because they're not in a national park, the regulations aren't so stringent, and not only is it perfectly safe to stand on the arches, it's perfectly legal (left inset). I would have liked to get a picture standing on the arch from here, but I was by myself and my remote release isn't _nearly_ long enough ;) I suppose if I'd had a radio-controlled one-- The middle inset shows the overhanging ledge I'm standing on to get this picture, and the right inset shows the gap between the arches. I don't have a picture like this of the east arch because it would require being on the far side of the canyon, and I had no time for such a sidetrip! The arches are in the Jurassic Wingate Sandstone, according to Doelling et al.'s map (Utah Geological Survey, Map 155, 1994). Unfortunately, there have been a number of Darwin Awards from idiots attempting to jump between the arches.

With wings furled. Or maybe it's a thunderbird... ;) Erosional rock formation on the Gemini Bridges Road from US 191, in Little Canyon, near Moab, Utah. The rock unit is the Jurassic Wingate Sandstone (from Doelling et al., Utah Geol. Survey Map M-155, 1994).