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Checkerboard Mesa        Images © Mark A. Chappell

The Checkerboard Mesa formation is one of the most famous of many well-known rock structures in Zion National Park. The cross-hatched pattern is a result of both erosion and stress cracking.

  • Canon 10D, 17-40 f4 zoom at 17 mm, (2003)