Comb through the mysteries of Comb Ridge, Utah
Scientists have combed through the mysteries offered by this ridge for long. This is an aerial image of the linear north-south ridge in South-Eastern Utah. First mapped in the late 19th century, the ridge is home to numerous Puebloan cliff dwellings and petroglyphs. It is a National Natural landmark and home to the only fossils of a mammal-sized cynodonts (tritylodont) in North America!
Taken on 31
January
2020
Submitted on 14 February 2020
Finalist in the EGU Photo Competition 2020
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- Climate: Past, Present & Future (657)
- Earth Magnetism & Rock Physics (341)
- Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology (835)
- Geodesy (44)
- Geomorphology (1251)
- Soil System Sciences (861)
- Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology (480)
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- North America (722)
- Northern America (565)
- United States of America (381)
- Exact location (-109.7636 W, 37.1591 N)
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Credit: Siddhant Gupta (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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