Dinosaur National Monument is tucked into the northwest corner of Colorado and flows over into Utah. This area (like most of the Western U.S.) used to be under water a bazillion years ago. You'll have to google to learn exactly how many years it was. Anything over a couple thousand years and my eyes glaze over. Anyway, these stratified color layers have been lifted up so the paleontologists can explore and share their findings with us. We took a tour with a very knowledgable ranger who showed us some actual dinosaur fossils still in the rock.
Fascinating, beautiful geology.
ReplyDeleteWe never went there, this is so interesting...love all the colors and textures!
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ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful! I would love to see this. Have a great day!
Sherrie
Amazing colours in those rock faces, sounds like you had an interesting time.
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