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A "River City" located in the north Kittatinny Mountains Ridge, the city of Port Jervis, neighboring the point where the states of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania adjoin (tri-states), is a part of Great Appalachian Valley. The Delaware River, which is the state lines between Pennsylvania and New York as well as Pennsylvania and New Jersey, flows by the town, as seen from the photo. Port Jervis is on the right side of the river while the town of Matamoras of Pennsylvania is on the left side.
This pano was taken from the High Point State Park of New Jersey. There is a bigger pano taken from the same place by Ron (rschott) in Spring, 2009. |
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Thin section view of a granitoid from the southern Sierra Nevada Batholith. | |||
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Tonalite of Bear Valley Springs (Crossed Polars) contains 1 matching snapshot(s):
Snapshot: Petrographic Detail: Plagioclase, quartz, and hornblende.
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Nothing like a late afternoon thunderstorm to clear the air... | |||
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Kansas Rainbow contains 2 matching snapshot(s):
Snapshot: Sheridan Hall: ... at sunset.
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Paulina Lake (left) and East Lake (in the distance) mark the depression of the Newberry Volcano Caldera. Unlike Crater Lake, Newberry's caldera is not the result of a single climactic eruption, but rather a number of eruptions over time. Newberry is also different from Crater Lake in that there are many more post-caldera lava flows and cones that fill the caldera. The most obvious of these is the relatively young, and unvegetated Big Obsidian Flow - a rhyolite coulee that covers a large part of the southern caldera. | |||
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Newberry Caldera contains 1 matching snapshot(s):
Snapshot: Flow Bands: ... in rhyolite.
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Looking down into the notch through which Interstate 70 passes into the San Rafael Swell. | |||
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Inside the San Rafael Swell contains 1 matching snapshot(s):
Snapshot: The Notch: ... and Interstate 70 rising through it.
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The abrupt east face of the San Rafael Swell where I-70 pierces it. Outside of Boulder, Colorado you'd be hard pressed to find a better example of hogbacks. | |||
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San Rafael Swell contains 1 matching snapshot(s):
Snapshot: FedEx: ... triple trailer.
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There's a lot of Mancos Shale around the Colorado Plateau, and no lack of it in this GigaPan. | |||
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Mancos contains 1 matching snapshot(s):
Snapshot: Drilling: For oil or natural gas, I suspect.
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Just east of the San Rafael Swell this hill is composed entirely of sedimentary rocks of the dinosaur-bearing Jurassic Morrison Formation. | |||
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Hill of Morrison Formation contains 1 matching snapshot(s):
Snapshot: Layers: Floodplain deposits?
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The gently dipping west side of the San Rafael Swell is one of the more desolate stretches of America traversed by a major interstate highway. Desolate, but not lacking in geologic wonders. | |||
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San Rafael Swell - West Side contains 1 matching snapshot(s):
Snapshot: Slope: Deceptive how steep it is, isn't it?
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The breathtaking view of the cliff behind my campsite is only marred by the clouds that couldn't decide if they were going to hide the sun or not. I made two aborted attempts to capture this one before I decided on an exposure setting and just let it rip. Partly cloudy days are not good for my blood pressure. | |||
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Fishlake Cliffs contains 1 matching snapshot(s):
Snapshot: Overhang: ... perhaps once used as a shelter?
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