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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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