This would have been my first book if I had known how to tell it. I'm still wondering if I did it the right way.
It all started in 1988 when I visited Big Spencer flat. saw stuff I couldn't understand.
Me at Big Spencer Flat in 1988.
View at Big Spencer Flat.
My daughter Sharon, siting on Goethite pipes.
The same area after 20 years erosion, now the cover of my book.
Then I learned about Kodachrome Basin
I later figured out they were all the results of shockwaves. Where did all those shockwaves come from?
I learned about the Great Salt lake Astrobleme, and Bingham Canyon all happening at the time of the Sevier Orogeny, and I knew the answer. Not the answer found on Wikipedia! And I knew I had to tell this tale.