This sepia-toned stereograph features two nearly identical photographs mounted side-by-side on a yellow card, showcasing a rugged canyon landscape with prominent geological layering. The central focus is a large, light-colored rock face in the midground where horizontal strata meet steeply angled, tilted layers of rock. The foreground is a dry, rocky terrain populated with sparse, low-lying desert scrub and small bushes. In the background, rounded, shrub-covered hills rise under a pale sky. A small, dark figure of a person stands in the lower-left foreground of each image, providing a sense of scale against the towering cliffs. The card includes vertical printed text in the side margins: "GEOLOGICAL SERIES." on the left and "Explorations West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1872, Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Com'dg." on the right. Small text at the bottom left attributes the photo to "W. Bell, Phot." while the bottom center contains the caption, "No. 100—Non-conformable Strata, Salina Canon, Utah." A grayscale calibration strip is visible along the very top edge of the digital image, separate from the physical card.