Geology around Shoshoni, WyomingTypical Wyoming scenery around Shoshoni
A layer of hard caprock is visible on top of the softer layers of sedimentary rock exposed by erosion in this picture taken from US-20 near Shoshoni. Caprock exposed by erosion along US-20 east of Shoshoni, Wyoming
Typical landscape east of Shoshoni, Wyoming along US-20. Eroded caprock reduced to hoodoos east of Shoshoni on US-20
Largely eroded sandstone caprock that has produced hoodoos in this dry landscape east of Shoshoni, Wyoming on US-20.
Caprock eroding into hoodoos east of Shoshoni, Wyoming on US-20
Even the hard layer of caprock is slowly giving way to the effects of erosion and forming hoodoos in this foreboding landscape east of Shoshoni, Wyoming on US-20.
Caprock eroding into hoodoos east of Shoshoni, Wyoming on US-20
This hard layer of sandstone has resisted erosion while other sedimentary rocks have slowly washed away. What is left is a caprock that is slowly turning into hoodoos.
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