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The Smithsonian Castle is the original building of the Smithsonian Institution on the National Mall. It is constructed of Triassic-aged Seneca red sandstone from the Culpeper Basin of Maryland/Virginia. This view is from the south, from the Haupt Gardens north of Independence Avenue.
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From Leisenring, west of McConnellsburg, PA. The pattern is sandstone cemented by limonite. This sample is on display in the USGS headquarters in Reston, VA, and is on loan from the Smithsonian Institution.
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This exposure of tilted strata within the Massanutten Sandstone is found on the north side of Passage Creek above Red Hole, within the Passage Creek Day Use Area of the George Washington National Forest, Virginia. To view a sample of the Massanutten Sandstone in macro detail, try this: gigapan.com/gigapans/1...
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This exposure of tilted strata within the Massanutten Sandstone is found on the north side of the Fort Valley Road near Red Hole, within the Passage Creek Day Use Area of the George Washington National Forest, Virginia. To view a sample of the Massanutten Sandstone in macro detail, try this: gigapan.com/giga...
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November, 3, 2012, The coastal Santa Ynez Mountain range viewed from Goleta Sperling Preserve and Ellwood bluffs. The sandstone peaks over Santa Barbara are to the east with Coal Oil Point and Sands beach at the far right. IMG_2840_19 121103 Santa Ynez Mtns Goleta SB Sperling Ellwood ICE rm stitch99.jpg
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This view shows the bedding plane of a slab of Massanutten Sandstone dipping into Passage Creek just upstream of Red Hole. For GigaPans of the larger site, please see: gigapan.com/gigapans/113761 and gigapan.com/gigapans/113759 Trace fossils can be observed in some places on this slab. Blue Hole ...
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Blue Hole is a popular swimming hole on Passage Creek in the northern part of George Washington National Forest, about 1 mile north (downstream) of Elizabeth Furnace, and 3 miles south of Waterlick, Virginia. The rock here is Silurian-aged Massanutten Sandstone. This site is just north (downstream) of Red Hole: ...
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Red Hole is a popular swimming hole on Passage Creek in the northern part of George Washington National Forest. The site is about one mile north (downstream) of Elizabeth Furnace, and three miles south of the "town" of Waterlick. The rock here is Silurian-aged Massanutten Sandstone. For another view, take a look ...
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Red Hole is a popular swimming hole on Passage Creek in the northern George Washington National Forest, about a mile north of Elizabeth Furnace, and 3 miles south of Waterlick. The rock here is Silurian-aged Massanutten Sandstone. For another view, take a look at this GigaPan: gigapan.com/gigapans/113761...
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These Devonian beds (part of the Catskill clastic wedge) show some nice "ball and pillow" structure where sands were deposited atop goopy mud. You can see them today in cross-section on the many road-cuts of new Route 55 in West Virginia (Corridor H).
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