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A trail amongst the rock fins in the Fiery Furnace.

This view is along a trail amongst the rock fins in the Fiery Furnace area. Rock fins form from weathering and erosion along vertical joints in the sandstone. The fractures formed from the arching of the Entrada Sandstone during the formation of the Salt Valley anticline.

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