Dreams of Summer: Your Time Machine Malfunctioned. Where and When Are You?

The DeLorean was working just fine when you entered Oct. 21, 2015 and hit 88 miles per hour, but you must have hit one of the gravitational waves they just discovered (that's the rumor anyway), and the car went careening through time and space. You land and when you open the door, this is the scene that greets you. And there's no Yoda, and no Luke Skywalker either (how many movie references can I squeeze in tonight?).

So, where and when are you?

A few clues: It's an American national park, and the park doesn't look much like this at all any more...

We are continuing on our journey of last summer...answers will be forthcoming!

A Maybe Not So Hard Quiz...Where Are We?

We are in a national park...it is perhaps the most geological park in the entire National Park System. The park contains rocks from every major era, ranging in age from as much as 2.3 billion years ago, including perhaps the most complete Paleozoic sequence of rocks found anywhere (something like 20,000 feet of Paleozoic rocks, including formations from each period), rocks from the Mesozoic (including plutonic granitic rocks), and a sequence of early Cenozoic sediments known for their mammalian fossils. The youngest rocks in the park may be only a few hundred years old.

The park includes gorges 3,000 feet deep that cross mountain ranges, and a waterfall (I know "waterfall" in a national park might seem not unusual, but it is unusual in this park). The relief of the park (the difference between the highest and lowest points) is more than 11,000 feet.

The park is so extensive and intricate, one could explore it for years and continue to find new treasures. So where are we? And what is giving away the answer?