Welcome to the Sunglow Campground located just outside of Bicknell UT the campground sits in the middle of a red canyon surrounded by red rock one of the areas pretties locations to visit especially when the sun is shining on the red rock. Here you will get a geology lesson of the sunglow canyon and how it came to be and what makes it so unique.
In Order to claim the find here are the questions. please answer these questions and post a picture of you or something of yours at the location
1) What type of rock makes up most of the Sunglow
2) What is the white sandstone called you can see along the top?
3) What is the red sandstone called that makes up most of Sunglow
4) What type of rock are all the black boulders you'll see laying around?
5) What evidence do you see in the washes that come out of sunglow that water is shaping force in this area?
6) What color is the soil on the small farms on each side of Hwy 24 below sunglow, Does this suggest that the canyons in sunglow were the source of the material?
7) What chemical compound gives the rocks their red color?
8)What sedimentary rock is made of thin layers of mud & clay and is not very hard?
I have included two waypoints for areas that you might find useful
here's a article by Lance Weaver about the red rock in Utah
Utah’s Colorado Plateau is famous for its striking vistas and dazzling colors. Hues of red, pink, maroon, yellow, brown, and white create an array of stunning rock colors that attract visitors from all over the globe. From the red rocks of the Navajo Sandstone to the Vermilion Cliffs of the Moenave and Kayenta Formations to the pink, crimson, and chocolate cliffs of the upper Grand Staircase, many who visit the Colorado Plateau wonder what gives the rocks their brilliant colors. This question has spurred much research by geologists, involving chemical and physical analysis. The answers can be complicated, as many different minerals can cause coloration in rocks; however, for the most part, the red, pink, yellow, and brown colors of Utah’s “Red Rock Country” simply comes down to one element—iron.
Works Cited
Weaver, Lance. “Home.” Utah Geological Survey, 25 Aug. 2020, https://geology.utah.gov/map-pub/survey-notes/glad-you-asked/glad-you-asked-what-gives-utahs-red-rock-country-its-color/.