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Cedar Breaks National is a huge natural
amphitheater has been eroded out of the
variegated Pink Cliffs (Claron Formation)
near Cedar City, Utah. Millions of years
of sedimentation, uplift and erosion have
created a deep canyon of rock walls, fins,
spires and columns, that spans some three
miles, and is over 2,000 feet deep. The
rim of the canyon is over 10,000 feet above
sea level, and is forested with islands
of Englemann spruce, subalpine fir and aspen;
separated by broad meadows of brilliant
summertime wild flowers.
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