article_snippet.sent: Deep within Utah's San Rafael desert, thousands upon thousands of goblins lurk in the shadows.
article_snippet.sent: But rather than frightening visitors, Deep within Utah's San Rafael desert, thousands upon thousands of goblins lurk in the shadows are a geologist's dream: gnarly rock formations which have been created by gradual erosion of Entrada sandstone over millions of years.
article_snippet.sent: The 'goblins' are scientifically known as 'hoodoos' - rock protrusions consisting of relatively soft rock topped by harder stone that preserves each column's spire-like shape from weather erosion.
article_snippet.sent: : The sun bursts through two lifelike rock formations, known as hoodooos, in the Goblin Valley State Park in Utah's San Rafael .
highlights_snippet.sent: Goblin Valley State Park in the San Rafael Desert of Utah contains thousands of mushroom-shaped'hoodoos'
  