The sandstone rock encompassing most of the Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness is layered in chronological order with the oldest sediments closest to the canyon floors and the youngest sediments sitting at the tops of the canyons walls, pinnacles, and hoodoos. The white seen here is very recently placed sediments; one can tell the comparative age of different rock layers by assuming the older layers are darker in color.

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December 22, 2022

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On the rock it looks like a white snake is slinking along.

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