Tuesday, April 26, 2011
VALLEY OF FIRE Nevada USA
Surrounded by the grey limestone of the Muddy Mountains, the rocks in the Valley of Fire, the oldest state park in Nevada, glows a bright red. The rocks do indeed appear to burn in a magical fire that seems to transform them into stone. The origin of this glowing sandstone dates back almost 150 million years to the Jurassic Period when the visible rock strata of today was formed by sand dunes. Following the Fremont People and those of the Basketmaker Culture,
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