Geography 5 Photo JournalBy: Stephanie Stegemann

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Mormon Rocks

Mormon Rocks lies upon the San Andreas fault and was formed by the Pacific Plate and North American Plate moving past one another, overlapping and creating these beautiful rocks. After many years of expanding, extracting, wind, water and ice has

transformed the rocks to look the way they do.

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The granular structure of Mormon Rocks

Mormon Rocks are composed of sandstone.

Sandstone layers

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The San Andreas Rift Zone

The San Andreas Fault is a strike-slip fault that is located at the Highway 138 and Interstate 15 junction. It is about 18 miles from San Bernardino and has a length of

roughly 810 miles stretching from Southern California to Northern California.

Stream bed

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Cinder Hill

Cinder Hill is an example of a cinder cone volcano, they are built from lava fragments that shoot out of a vent from the center of the volcano and accumulate around the bottom.

Cinder cone

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Cinder Hill Lava Flows

Lava flows are streams of molten rock that have poured out from an erupting volcano and solidified.

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Lava flows

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Fossil Falls stream bed

In this picture we can see what was once a stream bed that flowed to the waterfall ”fossil falls”and formed the rocks to look the way they do.

Stream bed

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Fossil Falls

Fossil Falls was formed by a melting glacier that turned into a river, which at once time flowed over and reshaped the rocks into these unique shapes.

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Fossil Falls Metate Holes

Metate holes were formed by a small rock getting trapped within a boulder, that was spun around rapidly by water flow and carved these holes like figures in the surface.

Metate holes

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Obsidian flakes at Fossil Falls

Obsidian flakes covered the ground near fossil falls because they were brought here years ago by Native American’s who settled in this location. They used the obsidian for many things, like making arrowheads or constructing their tools.

Obsidian flakes glistened all over the ground

Petroglyphs at Fossil Falls

Native Americans settling at Fossil Falls created these Petroglyphs by carving on the rocks surface. Petroglyphs are engraved images that represent cultural significance, inspirations of their surroundings or even symbolic communication.

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House Ring at Fossil Falls

Native Americans used House Rings as a shelter to help block debris, plant remains and weather while they were sleeping.

Mt. Whitney Interagency Visitors Center

The elevation of Mt Whitney is 14,494 ft. and is known as the highest mountain in the contiguous United States.

Mt. Whitney

Inyo-White Mountains from Mt. Whitney Interagency Visitors

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Inyo-White Mountains alluvial fan

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Diaz Lake

Diaz Lake was created by the Loan Pine Earthquake. The earthquake created a graben that was later filled by water.

Diaz LakeLone Pine Fault

Lone Pine Fault was created by one of the largest earthquakes to hit California. Many properties were destroyed around the epicenter and cost California hundreds of thousands of dollars.