Classic geology! Checkerboard Mesa is on the eastern end of Zion Canyon National Park. The mesa is essentially a calcified sand dune. The horizontal layers show how the sand was laid down some 200 million years ago before calcium carbonate solidified the whole thing. The vertical joints are caused by freezing and thawing of water.
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