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Painted Canyon - Mecca Hills, California

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Mecca Hills angular unconformity angular unconformity
Mecca Hills. An angular unconformity. An angular unconformity.
Painted Canyon Lower Painted Canyon Lower Painted Canyon
Folded rock. Lower Painted Canyon. Lower Painted Canyon.
Lower Painted Canyon Painted Canyon Smoke trees
Lower Painted Canyon. Volcanic tuff beds. Smoke trees.
Smoke trees Honey mesquite trees Painted Canyon
Smoke trees. Honey mesquite trees. Painted Canyon.
Painted Canyon Painted Canyon Painted Canyon
Narrows in Painted Canyon. Narrows in Painted Canyon. Narrows in Painted Canyon.
Painted Canyon Smoke tree Upper Painted Canyon
Dry waterfall. Smoke tree. A nonconformity.
Upper Painted Canyon folded schist with dikes slot canyon
Upper Painted Canyon. Folded schist with dikes. A slot canyon.
slot canyon Upper Painted Canyon

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A slot canyon. Upper Painted Canyon.  

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