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Snow Canyon State Park just outside St. George UT; the black rocks in the foreground are basalt from an extinct volcano
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Freddie Fungus and Alice Algae took a "lichen" to each other; this lichen looked dead, but with a little water, it changed color and showed signs of life
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erosion by wind and water wore away some of the sandstone leaving these small iron deposits; our geologist referred to this rock as "geologic acne."
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In a residential area in Bloomington, UT, several large pieces of rock broke off a nearby hill; petroglyphs were found on the rocks and the site is now a small park
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the little slit in the middle of the picture is where the early tribes in the area stored grain - see the next picture
