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Sequoia National Park, California. Glacial outwash, dating perhaps from the Glacier Point Stage, exposed in a road cut on the Generals Highway above Camp Potwisha.

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1935

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Sequoia National Park, California. Glacial outwash, dating perhaps from the Glacier Point Stage, exposed in a road cut on the Generals Highway above Camp Potwisha. This material was brought down by the Kaweah River from the glacier at its head and now forms an inconspicuous terrace on the side of the canyon, about 200 feet above the riverbed. Photo by J.C. Patten, circa 1935. Figure 32, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 504-A.

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number photoLibrary 24331
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