The crew at a stunningly green Red Rock Canyon State Park. The Red rocks of the Dove Springs formation were a bit more concealed than usual.
The awesome bluff of Red Rocks consisting of sandstones, siltstones, conglomerates and volcanic layers of the Late Miocene Dove Springs formation (12.5-8Ma). Z…
The awesome bluff of Red Rocks consisting of sandstones, siltstones, conglomerates and volcanic layers of the Late Miocene Dove Springs formation (12.5-8Ma). …
Interesting granitic/dioritic cobble in a very sandy-rich conglomerate matrix.
Granitic rounded cobble in gravelly sandstone (conglomerate).
Students got to observe Steno’s geologic principle of original horizontality first-hand while trying to make sense of the layering's colors. These rocks are…
Bronson makes light work of a very dense piece of tuff.
As of yet unidentified flower.
As of yet unidentified flower.
Rhyolite tuff in foreground hill and basalt cap on high hill.
Garry Hayes points out a nice normal fault cutting across the tuff and layers and sandstone layers.
This little seep in the walls of Red Rock Canyon produced the next series of awesome images I just couldn't stop shooting the drips at high speed (next shots).…
A not-so-great photo, but sets the scale for the rest of the series.
Cylindrical Splash crown of clay-laden water dropping from about five feet above this 5mm-deep pool that is about 8cm wide at the base of Red Rock Canyon State…
Splash of clay-laden water dropping from about five feet above this 5mm-deep pool that is about 8cm wide at the base of Red Rock Canyon State Park Bluffs.
Splash of clay-laden water dropping from about five feet above this 5mm-deep pool that is about 8cm wide at the base of Red Rock Canyon State Park Bluffs.
Splash of clay-laden water dropping from about five feet above this 5mm-deep pool that is about 8cm wide at the base of Red Rock Canyon State Park Bluffs.
Splash of clay-laden water dropping from about five feet above this 5mm-deep pool that is about 8cm wide at the base of Red Rock Canyon State Park Bluffs.
Splash of clay-laden water dropping from about five feet above this 5mm-deep pool that is about 8cm wide at the base of Red Rock Canyon State Park Bluffs.
Splash of clay-laden water dropping from about five feet above this 5mm-deep pool that is about 8cm wide at the base of Red Rock Canyon State Park Bluffs.
