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Most viewed - Marble Canyon, 10/25/2019 |
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Keyhole Kave796 viewsI don't know whether the hole in the cliff wall really leads to a cave, but I gave it a name anyway.
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Staggering Stonewalls794 viewsThe walls of the canyon reel like some crazy collapsed building.
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Ingress to Marble Canyon791 viewsJoAnn starts the trek into Marble Canyon from the trailhead, where we parked the Jeep.
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Farrabee Jeep790 viewsJoAnn drove, and Kelly and I were passengers on the way to Marble Canyon.
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Canyon Colors786 viewsGray gives way to light reds and yellows as the height increases.
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Upended Slabs779 viewsThe geological processes which formed the mountains in and around Death Valley caused many layers of rock to be dislodged and uptilted to crazy angles.
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Tilt778 viewsThroughout the canyon the rock layers seemed to be tilted at about a 60 degree angle.
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Light is the Left Hand of Darkness757 viewsI found the interplay between sunlight and shadow fascinating.
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Tormented Rocks750 viewsHere the white striations are vertical rather than horizontal, and there is a large round "plug" in the rock in the center of the picture. Crazy, eh?
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Guardian of the Gate748 viewsJoAnn directs traffic in the narrow entrance to the next stretch of Marble Canyon.
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Marble Canyon Flora748 viewsA bit of scrubby vegetation clung to a precarious existence in the dry bed of the canyon.
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Banded Rock746 viewsI don't know how much marble was in Marble Canyon, but there was a lot of colorfully banded rock in the canyon walls.
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