Terpene

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Summary

Description
English: Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks predominate on these mostly limestone hills. Shale, slate, and sandstone abound along with quartzite. This sandstone may have fractured from freezing and thawing. Its eventual outcome is what made a practicing geologist remark about this photo, "That's where sand comes from!.
Date
Source Own work
Author Thomas Farley
Camera location36° 03′ 24.92″ N, 115° 46′ 50″ W  Heading=197.06085192698° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Near Emigrant Pass, Inyo County. Photo taken and courtesy of Thomas Farley at https://southwestrockhounding.com

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Captions

Fractured sandstone in the North Nopah Wilderness Area

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

sandstone

rock

sedimentary rock

weathering

creator

some value

Wikimedia username: Thomas Farley
author name string: Thomas Farley
object has role: photographer

copyright status

copyrighted, dedicated to the public domain by copyright holder

copyright license

Creative Commons CC0 License

source of file

original creation by uploader

coordinates of the point of view

36°3'24.919"N, 115°46'50.002"W

heading: 197.06085192697768 degree

inception

2 September 2019

captured with

iPhone 7

exposure time

0.00170357751277683134 second

f-number

1.8

focal length

3.99 millimetre

ISO speed

20

media type

image/jpeg

instance of

photograph

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