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Pahrump Gunslinger818 viewsArmed with vintage six-shooters.
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Boudika in Jeopardy?816 viewsLooks as if the dust storm will quickly advance up the hill and engulf JoAnn's beloved pickup in the Keane Wonder Mine parking lot, but it didn't.
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Guardian of the Gate815 viewsJoAnn directs traffic in the narrow entrance to the next stretch of Marble Canyon.
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Banded Rock815 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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Craggy Landscape814 viewsThe crag on the right resembles a boraching whale. Note the big rocks in the road.
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Out of the Past812 viewsGold miners - the last of a dying breed. Dying from mercury poisoning, that is. This bunch was so addled by the mercury they use to extract gold that they didn't realize they were actually mining iron pyrite.
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Royalty811 viewsThe festival queen and her court.
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Shadow Canyon807 viewsA shadow has fallen over the canyon, and over JoAnn, and It is now known as Shadow Canyon.
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Catmobile804 viewsComplete with comic-book characters and hangers-on.
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Precariously Stacked Rocks802 viewsIt looks as if even a minor earthquake could cause these boulders to come crashing down on the cars.
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Aerial Tramway802 viewsWe were going to take the tramway to the top of the hill, but it turned out to be closed on Sunday.
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Rock Anomalies800 viewsWas the circular blotch on the rock a lichen growth or an "insert" of some sort? As it turned out, it was a portent of things to come.
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