1. Geography 5 Photo Journal
By: Stephanie Stegemann
11/9/2012-11/11/12
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2. Mormon Rocks
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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.
3. The granular structure of
Mormon Rocks
Sandstone layers
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Mormon Rocks are composed of sandstone.
4. The San Andreas Rift
Zone
Stream
bed
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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.
5. Cinder Hill
Cinder cone
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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.
6. Cinder Hill Lava Flows
Lava flows
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Lava flows are streams of molten rock that have poured out from
an erupting volcano and solidified.
7. Fossil Falls stream bed
Stream
bed
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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.
8. Fossil Falls
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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.
9. Fossil Falls Metate Holes
Metate
holes
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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.
10. Obsidian flakes at Fossil Falls
Obsidian flakes glistened
all over the ground
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.
11. 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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12. 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.
13. Mt. Whitney Interagency Visitors Center
Mt. Whitney
The elevation of Mt Whitney is 14,494 ft. and is known as the
highest mountain in the contiguous United States.
16. Diaz Lake
Diaz Lake was created by the Loan Pine Earthquake. The
earthquake created a graben that was later filled by water.
17. Diaz Lake
Lone 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.
