Wavy rock layers lead upward from the bottom of the photo to the central basin, partially shrouded in shadow, in which we find growing a wealth of shrubs and small trees. Above and behind this pocket garden extend more layers of striated sandstone, rising steeply upward toward the featureless sky.

Pocket garden: Above and behind Dance Hall Rock, GSENM

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