Nested Timescales

a desert mountain landscape

By Asa ⭔ (@asa.engineer)
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This photo, taken from a vantage point above King Top, the summit of western Utah's confusion range, looks west over the ridgeline in the foreground, to Wheeler Peak emerging form the horizon in the background.

Facing south from the same position, the basin and range topography is on display here, the layers of what was once ocean floor elevated to mountainous terrain by the compression and expansion of the crust.

My drone was pushed to its limits in the high wind. Fortunately I was able to hover long enough to get these shots, and land it safely.