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These photos display a particularly interesting aspect of the landscape associated with the geology. I'm always in awe realizing how fleeting our own species is in relationship to when the interesting geology formed. We seem like mere visitors on this Earth, yet act like we OWN it!
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Mexican Hat formation outside of Mexican Hat, Utah along highway 163. Notice the tiny figures on top. They climbed ? to the top. March 2010
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Mexican Hat formation outside of Mexican Hat, Utah along highway 163. Notice the tiny figures on top. They climbed ? to the top. March 2010

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  • Interesting faults and erosion patterns in DeAnza-Borrego State Park. Southern California desert.
  • Interesting faults and erosion patterns in DeAnza-Borrego State Park. Southern California desert.
  • Interesting faults and erosion patterns in DeAnza-Borrego State Park. Southern California desert.
  • In a dry lake bed high above Death Valley is the Racetrack Playa. Here mysterious (unknown) forces move large rocks across the lake bed. No one has seen them move and no one is convinced of the exact cause. Wind, and ice are thought to play a part.
  • Exposed strata of Vermillion Cliffs under a seasonal waterfall near Kanab, Utah.
  • Part of the geologic features known as the Mormon Rocks (from early settlers that were here). These are uplifted plates of Cajon Sandstone that have been shaped by wind and rain erosion and uplifted by the San Andreas fault that lies nearby. Interstate 15 at the Cajon Pass is only 1/2 miles from here in Southern California.
  • Wind blown holes in the soft Cajon Sandstone at the Mormon Rocks, a geological feature along the San Andreas Fault at Cajon Pass in southern California. These are part of a plate uplifted by the fault which slipped in 1857 at a magnitude 8.0 earthquake here.
  • Turtle Rock: Granite rock carved by the elements to resemble a turtle. From a bit further back and a different perspective, it resembles a duck! Silent Valley, San Jacinto Mtns. Feb 2010
  • Duck/Turtle Rock at Silent Valley Club north of Idyllwild, CA. This rock viewed like this resembles a Duck, and up close, a Turtle (see other photo here). Feb 2010.
  • Panorama of some of the great monuments in Monument Valley, Arizona. March 2010
  • Mexican Hat formation outside of Mexican Hat, Utah along highway 163. Notice the tiny figures on top. They climbed ? to the top. March 2010
  • Kachina Bridge in Natural Bridges National Monument. April 2010
  • Natural Bridge at Butler Wash near the Indian Ruins (near Blanding, Utah). April 2010
  • Sipapu Bridge in Natural Arches Monument, Utah (near Blanding, UT). April 2010
  • Totem Pole formation in Valley of the Gods Utah. April 2010
  • Colorful formation in Valley of the Gods in southeastern Utah. April 2010
  • Valley of the Gods in southeastern Utah is managed by the Bureau of Land Management of the USA. April 2010
  • Edge of the famous Needles of Canyonlands National Park, Utah. April 6, 2010
  • This wave-like eroded sandstone structure is along Highway 95 in southeastern Utah. April 10, 2010
  • Looking down into White Canyon at the highway 95 crossing in southern Utah. April 10, 2010
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