In geology terms, it's classified as a monocline — a bend in the rock layers ... and it took millions of years for the Waterpocket Fold to become what it is. It's not quite as otherworldly ...

This park protects a grand and colorful geologic feature known as the Waterpocket Fold, a 100-mile wrinkle in the Earth's crust known as a monocline that extends from nearby Thousand Lakes Mountain to ...