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  1. Paul

    Paul by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Passage Creek NOT in flood by Callan Bentley

    the runner!

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  2. Starling

    Starling by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Passage Creek NOT in flood by Callan Bentley

    Sturnus vulgaris.

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  3. Cristo Rey

    Cristo Rey by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Angular Unconformity, west of El Paso, Texas by Callan Bentley

    Summit, with arrow.

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  4. Scale

    Scale by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail B by Callan Bentley

    10 centimeters on the meter stick

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  5. Debris piled up

    Debris piled up by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Passage Creek in flood by Callan Bentley

    on the upstream side of the fence.

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  6. Cant get across

    Cant get across by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Passage Creek in flood by Callan Bentley

    Oh well...

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  7. Starlings

    Starlings by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Passage Creek in flood by Callan Bentley

    Two European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris

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  8. Alteration

    Alteration by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Cristo Rey: Mesilla Valley Formation - contact with Campus Andesite by Callan Bentley

    Hydrothermal (?) alteration (staining of black shale to white) along a fracture system oriented orthogonally to bedding within the Mesilla Valley Formation.

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  9. Critter hole

    Critter hole by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail E by Callan Bentley

    Wasp? Beetle?

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  10. Ashy layers

    Ashy layers by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail E by Callan Bentley

    Lots of fine-bedded ash layers from the pyroclastic surge (ash-flow).

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  11. Lapilli

    Lapilli by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail E by Callan Bentley

    Coarser grained layer, with many concentrically-layered "accretionary" lapilli.

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  12. Vesicular

    Vesicular by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail E by Callan Bentley

    Was this the top of the flow that the block was derived from?

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  13. Blotchy

    Blotchy by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail E by Callan Bentley

    Little clusters of plagioclase?

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  14. High & dry

    High & dry by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Passage Creek in flood by Callan Bentley

    The horses are on the next terrace up from the floodplain, and they're happy to be there.

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  15. No go

    No go by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Passage Creek in flood by Callan Bentley

    This is where the road dips under water level.

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  16. European Starling

    European Starling by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Passage Creek in flood by Callan Bentley

    Sturnus vulgaris

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  17. Natural levee

    Natural levee by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Passage Creek in flood by Callan Bentley

    Slightly above water level as the flood begins to ebb

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  18. 1 cm

    1 cm by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail E by Callan Bentley

    Another sense of scale.

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  19. Scale

    Scale by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail E by Callan Bentley

    This is 1 centimeter.
    Scale card courtesy of the Virginia Department of Geology and Mineral Resources.

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  20. Split

    Split by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail B by Callan Bentley

    I swear, I told them not to move!

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  21. H2O bottle

    H2O bottle by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail B by Callan Bentley

    But it looks empty.

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  22. Shotgun shells

    Shotgun shells by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail B by Callan Bentley

    People shoot guns here.

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  23. Climbing ripples

    Climbing ripples by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail B by Callan Bentley

    in pyroclastic surge deposits

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  24. Marc

    Marc by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail B by Callan Bentley

    EPCC / UTEP student who's really into geophysics.

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  25. Jenni

    Jenni by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail B by Callan Bentley

    UTEP / EPCC student working on GigaPans with Joshua Villalobos.

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  26. Debbie Caskey #2

    Debbie Caskey #2 by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail B by Callan Bentley

    She moved!

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  27. Joshua Villalobos

    Joshua Villalobos by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail B by Callan Bentley

    Geology professor at El Paso Community College.

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  28. Debbie Caskey #1

    Debbie Caskey #1 by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail B by Callan Bentley

    Geology professor at El Paso Community College.

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  29. Joe

    Joe by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail B by Callan Bentley

    A tough hiker and a great guy.

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  30. Basalt

    Basalt by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail B by Callan Bentley

    The Afton flow, 70 to 80 ka in age.

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  31. Baked!

    Baked! by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail B by Callan Bentley

    Contact metamorphism from the ash-flow.

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  32. Scale

    Scale by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail B by Callan Bentley

    10 centimeters on the meter stick.

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  33. Missing bomb/block

    Missing bomb/block by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail C by Callan Bentley

    A hole, with sedimentary laminations wrapping around it.

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  34. Lapilli layer

    Lapilli layer by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail C by Callan Bentley

    Some of these lapilli have concentric zonation, indicating their accretionary nature.

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  35. Cross-bedding

    Cross-bedding by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail C by Callan Bentley

    in surge (ash-flow) deposits.

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  36. Vesicles

    Vesicles by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail C by Callan Bentley

    Some volcano was pretty gassy when it popped off this eruption.

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  37. Scale

    Scale by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail C by Callan Bentley

    10 centimeters on a 1-meter stick.

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  38. Scale

    Scale by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Kilbourne Hole, detail D by Callan Bentley

    pencil with 1-cm black bars along the side.

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  39. Contact

    Contact by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Cristo Rey: Mesilla Valley Formation - contact with Campus Andesite by Callan Bentley

    Mesilla Valley Formation (sedimentary rocks: sandstone and shale layers) on the left; Campus Andesite (igneous rocks of the Cristo Rey laccolith) on the right.

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  40. Cleavage fan

    Cleavage fan by Callan Bentley from the GigaPan Cristo Rey: Buda Formation - folds and faults by Callan Bentley

    "spraying out" from the fold hinge region.

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