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Zion Canyon is a unique and different experience than the Grand Canyon. At Zion, you are standing at the bottom looking up where at the Grand Canyon you are at the top looking down. Zion Canyon is mostly made up of sedimentary rocks, bits and pieces of older rocks that have been deposited in layers after much weathering and erosion. These rock layers tell stories of an ancient ecosystem very different from what Zion looks like today. About 110 – 200 million years ago Zion and the Colorado Plateau were near sea level and were close to the equator. Since then they have been uplifted and eroded to form the scenery we see today. Zion Canyon has had a 10,000-year history of human habitation. Most of this history was not recorded and has been interpreted by archeologists and anthropologist from clues left behind. Archeologists have identified sites and artifacts from the Archaic, Anasazi, Fremont and Southern Paiute cultures. Mormon pioneers settled in the area and began farming in the 1850s. Today, the descendants of both the Paiute and Mormons still live in the area. On November 19, 1919 Zion Canyon was established as a national park. Like a lot of public land, the Zion area benefited from infrastructure work done during the Great Depression of the 1930’s by government sponsored organizations like the Civil Works Administration (CWA) and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). During their nine years at Zion the CWA and CCC built trails, parking areas, campgrounds, buildings, fought fires and reduced flooding of the Virgin River. This view of the red rocks of Zion Canyon was photographed from the Emerald Pools Trail in Zion National Park near Springdale, Utah, USA.

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Angel's Landing Trailhead in Zion National Park in Utah, USA.

Scene at Angel's Landing trail at Zion National Park in Springdale, Utah

Red Mountains of Zion National Park on a summer day, Utah.

Natural landscape of limestone and sandstone rock formations inside a national parks in utah and arizona in north america in summer

Zion National Park

View of Zion Valley from Angles Landing. Zion National Park, Utah.. Virgin river and the road in the valley.

The canyon view from Angel's Landing in Zion National Park

A couple sits atop of Angels Landing in Zion National Park. (what a view)

Panoramic View Down Canyon From The Top Of Angels Landing in Zion

Panorama landscape from Observation Point, Zion National Park, Utah.

Panoramic View Of Mountain Range

View Zion National Park from Canyon Overlook trail in Utah, USA.

Views of the beautiful Zion Canyon with the Virgin River carving through it in Southern Utah.

The final precarious section of the hiking trail to Angels Landing in Zion National Park, Utah. Angels Landing is at the top of the red sandstone cliffs in the centre of the picture and provides views of the whole of Zion Canyon.

Zion Canyon National Park, Utah, USA - tourist attraction with many routes

East Temple rock formation, Zion National Park, Utah, USA, under a dramatic sky. Composed of layers of Navajo sandstone. Oct 1979 scanned film.

The hike up to Angels Landing in Zion National Park offers a stunning view of the canyon below.

Angels landing panoramic view in Zion national park

A woman looks out to Zion Canyon from the top of Angels Rest in Zion National Park, Utah.

Towers of the Virgin at sunrise showing the Navajo Sandstone Formation. Zion National Park, Utah.

The canyon of Zion National park in Utah, USA from Angel’s Landing viewpoint

Hikers in distance rest as they climb up the Bright Angel trail in Grand Canyon national park.

Cedar Breaks, Zion National Parky, Red Canyon, and Whitehorse Canyons. Red rocks, natural amphitheater, slot canyon, and rock cliffs in this arid climate can be enjoyed by all.

View on Zion National Park from Angel's landing point, Utah

Fall color foliage throughout Zion National Park in Utah.

A stunning view of Zion Canyon from Observation Point, from which the famous Angles Landing is also visible.

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