Photo JournalBy John BerminghamGeo 5

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Mormon Rocks Formation

• The rocks are massive solid sandstone rocks that were exposed and eroded by the water that ran through the stream they sit in.

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Granular Structure

• The rocks are made of compressed layers of sandstone.

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Stream Bed/San Andreas Rift Zone

• The San Andreas fault is a "Strike-Slip" fault

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Cinder Hill• The rocky hill is a cinder cone

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Fossil Falls• The falls were formed when the river was

forced to divert its course over a lava flow polishing the rock

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Fossil Falls Stream BedJohn Bermingham

Fossil Falls Metate Holes• Formed when large rocks where pulled

from the lava flow by running water.

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Obsidian Flakes

• They were brought here by Indians who fashioned them into tools

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Fossil Falls Petroglyph

• They were drawn by the indians who came to this are to use the Metate Holes and make obsidian tools.

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Fossil Falls House Ring• They where used by Indians as a

foundation of a semi permanent hut.

Sorry I got this Picture from the internet

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Mt. Whitney

• At 14,500 feet it is one of highest peaks in CA.

Obtained Photo from Internet

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Inyo-White Mountains

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Alluvial FanJohn Bermingham

Diaz Lake

• The lake is a Sag pond made by an earthquake in 1872

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Lone Pine Fault

• Quakes along this fault created Diaz Lake

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Manzanar

• Manzanar was a relocation camp for Japanese-Americans during WW2

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Foundations at ManzanarJohn Bermingham

Mono Lake

• The whiter island is Paoha Island and the black volcanic island behind it is Negit Island

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Mono Lake Shorelines

• Each shore line represents the size of the lake before it was drained for LA water reserves.

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Mono Lake Tufa Formations

• Tufa are formed when the hot water from under water volcanic vents mixes with the cold salty water of the lake and form a brittle tower like structure.

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Convict Lake and the Oldest Rock Formations in the Sierras

• The lake was carved out by glaciers

The rocks were formed chemical changes caused by heat and pressure

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June Lake LoopGrant Lake and Moraine

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June Lake Loop Silver Lake and Waterfall

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Eastern California MuseumBomb Casing

• Some random empty bomb casing I found at the Museum

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Optional: Desert Vegetation

Joshua Tree

Burroweed grass

Creosote

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Optional: Owens Dry Lake

• All the water was drained out for the LA water supply

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Optional: Boron Solar Power PlantJohn Bermingham

Doppler Radar Tower

• These towers are used to track weather systems

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Optional: SETI Towers

• Used to search form alien life

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