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Mount Hayden / Grand Canyon National Park
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 0912 1218 (2012-09-25)Copyright © 2012 Ron Wolf
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo May 29, 2012
location
North Rim. Grand Canyon National Park (Coconino County, Arizona, US)notes Mount Hayden at Sunrise from Point Imperial. The light unit forming the pillar is the Coconino Sandstone (Permian). The Hermit Shale (Permian) forms the slope just below the Coconino. These pyramidal buttes are features formed as a result of headward erosion by small tributaries to the Colorado River.keywords: earth science, geology, geomorphology, erosion, river, canyon, Coconino Sandstone
camera Canon EOS 7D, 50mm, f/16, 1/8 sec.
photo category: Misc. - geology
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