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'Mushroom Rock' Erosional Feature / Death Valley National Park
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 0412 0352 (2012-04-05)Copyright © 2012 Ron Wolf
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo Mar 14, 2012
location
Death Valley National Park (Inyo County, California, US)notes There had been speculation over the years about the origin of this unusual erosional feature about six miles south od the Furnace Creek area. Early explanations considered it to be a ventifact - a rock sculpted by wind-blown sand. More recently, the concensus is that the rock had been partially submerged during a period when a lake filled the valley and the stem had been formed by the erosive action of salt crystalization.keywords: geology, earth science, erosion
camera Canon EOS 7D, 24mm, f/16, 1/125 sec.
photo category: Misc. - geology
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