Eroded bentonite clay spires at Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada

Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada

Basilica

At Cathedral Gorge State Park, bentonite clay has been carved into tall, narrow spires and ridgelines that rise like the vaulted roof of a great basilica. In the afternoon sun, the formations took on a soft, pale pink against a deep cerulean sky, with billowing clouds drifting overhead.

Standing among them, it wasn't difficult to understand why the name Cathedral Gorge feels so appropriate. There was something almost reverent about the place—a sense that these strange, fragile structures weren't merely formations to look at, but a kind of desert sanctuary shaped entirely by nature.

Nikon Z 9 · Nikkor Z 14-24mm · 24mm · f/9 · 1/400 sec · ISO 64

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