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Basalt Cinder Cone / Darwin Volcanic Field
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 1212 0254 (2012-12-04)Copyright © 2012 Ron Wolf
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo Mar 10, 2012
location
Darwin Plateau. Death Valley National Park (Inyo County, California, US)notes The color expoded in this outcrop is a result of oxidation of iron in the ciders. The white streaks are calcite deposited when hydrothermal fluids migrated through fractures in the cone. The volcanism in this area occured near the end of the Miocene, about 5-8 million years ago.keywords: Earth Science, Geology, Geomorphology, petrology, volcanism
camera Canon EOS 7D, 30 mm, f/20, 1/40 sec.
photo category: Misc. - geology
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