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Colorado State Road 139
43 Slides
Dinosaur, White River, Rangely, Douglas Creek, Douglas Pass, Salt Creek, Loma
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CO 64
CO 64 is a north extension of CO 139 from Rangely to US 40 (or vice versa)
Mar 28 2021 - 3:05 pm
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Dinosaur, CO
Dinosaur in Dinosaur
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Mesa Verde Sandstone
Mesa Verde sandstones hold up the low hills
Mar 28 2021 - 3:10 pm
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Anticline
Subtle crest of an anticline in the Mesa Verde Formation
Mar 28 2021 - 3:13 pm
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Anticline
Anticlinal limb
Mar 28 2021 - 3:16 pm
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Stinking Water Creek
Stinking Water Valley
Mar 28 2021 - 3:18 pm
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Roan Cliffs
Telephoto of the Roan Cliffs on south of the White River
Mar 28 2021 - 3:25 pm
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Rangely, CO
Rangely (on White River terraces)
Mar 28 2021 - 3:28 pm
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CO 139
South on CO 139
Mar 28 2021 - 3:34 pm
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Piceance Basin
Through the heart of the Piceance Basin (gas in Loma at the south end of CO 139)
Mar 28 2021 - 3:36 pm
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Douglas Creek
C0 139 follows Douglas Creek from Rangely to Douglas Pass then Salt Creek to Loma
Mar 28 2021 - 3:42 pm
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Arroyo Cycle
Arroyo Cycle erosion (commonly attributed to overgrazing since white men)
Mar 28 2021 - 3:43 pm
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Mesa Verde Formation
More Mesa Verde Formation overlain by Wasatch Formation
Mar 28 2021 - 3:50 pm
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Roan Cliffs
Wide-angle (Roan Cliffs in background)
Mar 28 2021 - 3:56 pm
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Roan Cliffs
Roan Cliffs composed of Green River Formation (buff) overlying Wasatch Formation (brown and red)
Mar 28 2021 - 4:02 pm
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Roan Cliffs
Unnamed triple peaks (~6,260') (opposite No Name Draw)
Mar 28 2021 - 4:09 pm
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Diamond Scenic Byway
Diamond extends clockwise from Vernal to Dinosaur to Loma to Moab (rather than Blanding) to Price (following US and State roads for more than 440 miles)
Mar 28 2021 - 4:16 pm
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CO 139
Typical view from CO 139 south
Mar 28 2021 - 4:24 pm
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CO 139
Up to Douglas Pass
Mar 28 2021 - 4:27 pm
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Steep Mountain Road
Steep mountain road
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Douglas Pass
Douglas Pass
Mar 28 2021 - 4:30 pm
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Exceptionally Clear Day
View from the pass (Roan Cliffs, Uncompahgre Plateau, and San Juan Mountains 120 miles away, exceptionally clear day)
Mar 28 2021 - 4:33 pm
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Road Cut
Road cut through Green River shale
Mar 28 2021 - 4:36 pm
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Road Cut
From the bottom of the road cut
Mar 28 2021 - 4:39 pm
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Roan Cliffs
Roan Cliffs
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Green River Formation
Green River Formation (source of oil shale, our carbon ace in the hole)
Mar 28 2021 - 4:44 pm
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West Douglas Creek
Brushy Point (8,443') from West Douglas Creek, tributary to White River
Mar 28 2021 - 4:47 pm
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West Salt Creek
Kimball Mountain (8,443') from West Salt Creek, tributary to Colorado River
Mar 28 2021 - 4:53 pm
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Mesa Verde Formation
Mesa Verde Formation
Mar 28 2021 - 4:58 pm
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Brushy Point
Telephoto Brush Point
Mar 28 2021 - 5:05 pm
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Salt Creek
Salt Creek Valley
Mar 28 2021 - 5:06 pm
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Wasatch Formation
Wasatch Formation, similar rocks in Bryce Canyon
Mar 28 2021 - 5:10 pm
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Grand Valley
Grand Valley, Uncompahgre Plateau in background
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Book Cliffs
Book Cliffs
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La Sal Mountains
La Sal Mountains (background), plunging Uncompahgre Plateau (midground) over Grand Valley pediments
Mar 28 2021 - 5:16 pm
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Uncompahgre Plateau
Snow capped Uncompahgre Plateau at 10,000' on the southwest side of Grand Valley
Mar 28 2021 - 5:23 pm
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Grand Mesa
Snow capped Grand Mesa at 10,000' on the northeast side of Grand Valley (Mt. Garfield (6,765') and Book Cliffs dwarfed by Grand Mesa)
Mar 28 2021 - 5:29 pm
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Loma, CO
Loma along the Colorado River
Mar 28 2021 - 5:33 pm
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Irrigated Cropland
Irrigation at west end of the Highline Canal
Mar 28 2021 - 5:35 pm
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Down from Lizard Pass
I 70 (south end of CO 139)
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Entrada Sandstone
Just beyond the end, a parking lot
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Sunsets in the East
Where I vainly tried to capture the reflected sunlight on west facing slopes
Mar 28 2021 - 5:44 pm