Glen Canyon Geology
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Geological GigaPans from the Glen Canyon region of the Colorado Plateau.
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One of two pans of Horseshoe Bend, a lovely incised meander near Page, Arizona (just southeast of Glen Canyon Dam). Erosion by the Colorado River cut down through the layers of sedimentary rock and created the deep gorge (approx. 1000 feet deep here). The river meander, though, formed by the same processes that for...
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Horseshoe Bend
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This bridge has been previously GigaPanned by Christopher Diersen (www.gigapan.org/gigapans/1913/) -I think he got better color out of it. I wanted to catch a slightly wider view of the local stratigraphy. Looks like we both had partly cloudy days. :-(
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Rainbow Bridge National Monument. 80 handheld photos. I've also posted this on Wikipedia. This was used by the State of Utah.
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Page, Arizona For More: www.suwandichandra.com
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The Navajo Sandstone exposed in a remote section of northernmost Arizona is being studied by Crystal Hammer and Marjorie Chan of the University of Utah to better understand the history of sedimentation and deformation of this ancient aeolian deposit of sand dunes. The image was acquired by Crystal Hammer & Marjorie...
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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
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Navajo Sandstone exposed in northernmost Arizona, showing some of the spectacular color variation and internal deformation. Image acquired by Crystal Hammer and Marjorie Chan, University of Utah.
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