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Intricate erosion of volcanic rock. Mesa County, Colorado. 1907.

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1907

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Intricate erosion of volcanic rock, this mass of volcanic tuff is dissected by rain erosion that consists of numberless spires and pinnacles. It makes picturesque cliffs that are hard to climb. Similar sheets of tuff cover the hills on both sides of Gunnison Valley. Mesa County, Colorado. 1907. Plate 70-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 707. 1922.

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U.S. Geological Survey
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Lee, Willis Thomas

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name photoLibrary lwt00293
number photoLibrary 21187
batch photoLibrary btch376
number_in_book photoLibrary 293

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