Wind Ripples and Mr. Lizard
A peek into history, when Utah was covered by the Navajo Desert. A vast area with big dune deposits. Present day forever preserved as the Navajo Sandstone. In some places, this rock has been painted on by Native American cultures.In some places, this rock has been painted on by Native American cultures. In some places, this rock has been painted on by Native American cultures. Pictographs of people and snakes; 2000 year old art. In other places you can see footprints of dinosaurs, terrible lizards, that walked the Earth long before mankind even existed. Or not so terrible lizards...
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- Exact location (-110.4536 W, 38.9258 N)
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Nikon D3100
Taken on 21
July
2012
Submitted on 2 March 2013
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Credit
Suzanne Hangx (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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