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...
Taken on 21
July
2012
Submitted on 02 March 2013
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- Earth Magnetism & Rock Physics (333)
- Field (2583)
- Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology (790)
- Geodynamics (343)
- Historical (135)
- Interdisciplinary/Other (729)
- Seismology (202)
- Soil System Sciences (808)
- Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology (452)
- Tectonics and Structural Geology (503)
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- North America (687)
- Northern America (535)
- United States of America (371)
- Exact location (-110.4536 W, 38.9258 N)
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wind, desert, sandstone, utah, ripple, navajo
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Credit: Suzanne Hangx (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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