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43 Slides
Dinosaur, White River, Rangely, Douglas Creek, Douglas Pass, Salt Creek, Loma
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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 in Dinosaur
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Mesa Verde sandstones hold up the low hills
Mar 28 2021 - 3:10 pm
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Subtle crest of an anticline in the Mesa Verde Formation
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Anticlinal limb
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Stinking Water Valley
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Telephoto of the Roan Cliffs on south of the White River
Mar 28 2021 - 3:25 pm
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Rangely (on White River terraces)
Mar 28 2021 - 3:28 pm
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South on CO 139
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Through the heart of the Piceance Basin (gas in Loma at the south end of CO 139)
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C0 139 follows Douglas Creek from Rangely to Douglas Pass then Salt Creek to Loma
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Arroyo Cycle erosion (commonly attributed to overgrazing since white men)
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More Mesa Verde Formation overlain by Wasatch Formation
Mar 28 2021 - 3:50 pm
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Wide-angle (Roan Cliffs in background)
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Roan Cliffs composed of Green River Formation (buff) overlying Wasatch Formation (brown and red)
Mar 28 2021 - 4:02 pm
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Unnamed triple peaks (~6,260') (opposite No Name Draw)
Mar 28 2021 - 4:09 pm
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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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Typical view from CO 139 south
Mar 28 2021 - 4:24 pm
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Up to Douglas Pass
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Steep mountain road
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Douglas Pass
Mar 28 2021 - 4:30 pm
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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 through Green River shale
Mar 28 2021 - 4:36 pm
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From the bottom of the road cut
Mar 28 2021 - 4:39 pm
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Roan Cliffs
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Green River Formation (source of oil shale, our carbon ace in the hole)
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Brushy Point (8,443') from West Douglas Creek, tributary to White River
Mar 28 2021 - 4:47 pm
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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
Mar 28 2021 - 4:58 pm
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Telephoto Brush Point
Mar 28 2021 - 5:05 pm
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Salt Creek Valley
Mar 28 2021 - 5:06 pm
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Wasatch Formation, similar rocks in Bryce Canyon
Mar 28 2021 - 5:10 pm
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Grand Valley, Uncompahgre Plateau in background
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Book Cliffs
Mar 28 2021 - 5:16 pm
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La Sal Mountains (background), plunging Uncompahgre Plateau (midground) over Grand Valley pediments
Mar 28 2021 - 5:16 pm
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Snow capped Uncompahgre Plateau at 10,000' on the southwest side of Grand Valley
Mar 28 2021 - 5:23 pm
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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 along the Colorado River
Mar 28 2021 - 5:33 pm
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Irrigation at west end of the Highline Canal
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I 70 (south end of CO 139)
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Just beyond the end, a parking lot
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Where I vainly tried to capture the reflected sunlight on west facing slopes
Mar 28 2021 - 5:44 pm