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Jurassic Dune
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Jurassic Dune

by Mark Miller

Category: Earth, Sea & SkyAdded December 3, 2009441 views

Deserts, Canyons, Patterns

Keywords: geology, formation, erosion, desert, petrified dune, sandstone, pattern, texture, swirl, orange, Colorado Plateau, Grand Staircase-Escalante NM, national monument, Utah

During the Jurassic Period the area encompassing what is now Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument was a vast desert of shifting sand dunes. Erosion over time has laid them bare.
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