Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Bend, Painted Hills

Stopped at Pilot Butte before leaving town to admire the important volcanoes (Mt. Bachelor and The Three Sisters) in Bend one more time.

Then headed for the Painted Hills Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. Spectacular and amazing. Each different color of the, clay really, is not only different mineral content but also from a different era, starting something like 55 million years ago. Tomorrow we'll learn more...

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