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Toadstool Hoodoo
Toadstool Hoodoo

Red hoodoo, early morning light, this place is easy to reach from pavement off US-89 after less than a mile hike, but the temperature was 7°F, or...

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Toadstool hoodoo
Toadstool hoodoo

Rimrocks hoodoos, Paria Plateau, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

I like the face underneath the cap- took me by surprise when I walked up

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Paria Rimrocks
Toadstool
by Maurizio Fontana

USA 2011 - Paria

Hoodoo in the Toadstools
Toadstool Hoodoo

Hoodoo in the Toadstools, taken on a freezing morning on new years day 2011.

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Milky Way and Venus Rising over the Toadstools
Toadstool hoodoo

The huge bright thing is Venus rising over the horizon just before sunrise, and you can very faintly see the Milky Way behind it. Oh, and that big...

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Toadstool Guardian
Toadstool hoodoo

Haven't been active at all here in a while, so here's a desert shot from last winter — The Toadstools area of the Grand Staircase Escalante National...

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Toadstool
Toadstool

A toadstool is formed over millions of years when the softer rock under a boulder erodes away, leaving only the rock pedestal supporting the...

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Sand on the rocks
Sand on the rocks

Paria Rimrocks. Colorful strata hoodoos and strangely shaped rocks at the edge of a plateau near the Paria River, part of Grand Staircase-Escalante...

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Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Toadstool!
Most notably Dominic Nessi and Maurizio Fontana.