M0saic Canyon, Death Valley☀☀Its all about the rocks..

Howdee all,

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Mosaic Canyon 

This blog post is dedicated to my Rock loving family..wish I could have brought a few of these home to you…but..hope you are happy with just photos…

Mosaic is a Gorgeous canyon not to far from Stovepipe Wells.

Its all about the ROCKS here

“The most common rock formation in the canyon is the Noonday Dolomite. This limestone is rich in magnesium and formed 750 to 900 million years ago when the area was part of the Pacific Ocean. This sedimentary material was later buried to great depths by younger materials and was subjected to pressures and temperatures exceeding 1000 degrees Fahrenheit. As a result, much of the limestone was altered, or metamorphosed, into marble. Subsequent uplift and erosion have since re-exposed these metamorphic rocks.” 

  Some of the rock shiny and polished

Limestone Marble

A close up of the Marble Jeff and Andrew taking photos of the marble

shiny marble carved by waterPolished

Rocks coming out of rock walls..We hiked in about 2 milesand it was truly all about the

ROCKS      Blue Green coming out of Orange

A mixture of the colorful rocks I know all my family would have loved some of these colorful rocks..

but..this is a Park… So I send you virtual rocks

  Large ONES..

Conglomerates

A rock mass melting on top of another rock

An interesting colorful layered rock interesting stitching on this orange rockMarvelous MarbleRocks in Rocks in rocks….   more rocks with that white stitch marking…           See the white marks

A Marble slide Colorful … Painted by time… Mud rock….

and amidst the rocks….

Plant life

It is so amazing how well these plants have adapted

to this dry ..hot climate

Beauty in the beast…  And living creatures…I found this dried up TarantulaA Rock serpent ..showing off

We all had a great time…Andrew climbed higher to see further

We enjoy climbing on rocks..

Playing …Sliding on the slippery marble surface…

  And just absorbing the sceneThe end of the road for us was this tall waterless fall….no climbing gear…

So we left …jumping for joy…

at the sights we had seen   It was a wonderful place……