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Showing posts with label Palisades crest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Palisades crest. Show all posts
Thursday, January 29, 2015

The Sierra Beyond Yosemite: Wait! Is that...a Glacier?

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People who visit Yosemite Valley often think about glaciers. Even those with no geologic background quickly become aware of the role of gl...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

The Sierra Beyond Yosemite: A Stunning Impenetrable Wall of Solid Rock

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Mount Whitney from the Alabama Hills in the Owens Valley Impenetrable. The imaginary mountain barrier surrounding Mordor in the Lord of ...
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Friday, September 26, 2014

A Gallery of Sierra Nevada Scenes: Part II

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Alabama Hills near Movie Flats I picked out some more scenes from our recent field studies class in the eastern Sierra Nevada and Owens ...
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Garry Hayes
I am a teacher of geology at Modesto Junior College and former president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Far Western Section. I have led field trips all over the western United States, and a few excursions overseas, but my homebase is the Sierra Nevada, the Great Valley, and the Coast Ranges of California.
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