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Narrows in Marble Canyon / Death Valley National Park
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 0812 0648 (2012-08-12)Copyright © 2012 Ron Wolf
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo Apr 18, 2012
location
Marble Canyon / Death Valley National Park (Inyo County, California, US)notes The narrow passages at the bottom of this slot canyon are hundreds of feet deep and only several yards wide. In places, it's possible to touch both walls at the same time. These slot canyons were carved into a thick section of Paleozoic limestone during a period of rapid uplift in the last few million years.keywords: geology, earth science, geomorphology, uplift, erosion
camera Canon EOS 7D, 24mm, f/14, 1/40 sec.
photo category: Misc. - geology
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