| Large -- Medium Our lunch stop at Rosevelt lake. | |
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The lake was overfull because of this year's rain. The bottom of the stairs were underwater... | |
| Large -- Medium ... as were trees and the saguaro. | |
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| Large -- Medium Our stop at Stoneman Lake. | |
| Large -- Medium Is the lake's origin volcanic? Or was it formed by an impact? Nobody knows. | |
| Large -- Medium We got in to camp quite early. | |
| Large -- Medium The first years decided to play capture the flag, girls vs. boys. Here Eileen and Kelly defend their flag. The girls had a great strategy and won the first game. | |
| Large -- Medium The boys conference before the second game to attemt to defeat the girls. (They do.) | |
| Large -- Medium The next day we head to Meteor Crater. | |
| Large -- Medium These red rocks we drove past are part of the Moenkopi Formation, which were the uppermost layer of rock when the impact occurred. | |
| Large -- Medium The lumpy crater rim is visible through the windshield. | |
| Large -- Medium We gather on the outlook... | |
| Large -- Medium ... and Jay regales us with stories about the crater. | |
| Large -- Medium Hey, look! Boulders! | |
| Large -- Medium Jay explains how we can observe the crater's overturned flap of rock by looking for crossbeding in the Moenkopi sandstone. | |
| Large -- Medium Nicole found some good crossbedding. | |
| Large -- Medium So did Kelly. | |
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| Large -- Medium This 10 feet of rock is where the overturn happened. | |
| Large -- Medium More boulders! | |
| Large -- Medium We walked about a quarter of the way around the rim. | |
| Large -- Medium The white stuff is the Kaibab formation, the rock layer that was laid down below the Moenkopi, but here has been flipped on top by the overturned flap. | |
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| Large -- Medium We drove around to the back side of the crater, and found this abandoned mine building. | |
| Large -- Medium A side view of the crater. | |
| Large -- Medium Grand Falls. | |
| Large -- Medium The only vehicle mishap involved Brian's vehicle sliding into a snow bank. A couple of pieces of wood behind the back tires, less than five minutes, and we were on our way. | |
| Large -- Medium The lava tube enterance. | |
| Large -- Medium The enterance to the tube had a wall of ice on one side, and the rocks were also slick with ice. | |
| Large -- Medium A few places in the tube had low clearance. | |
| Large -- Medium A picture of the LPL first-years, as Jay makes his way out of the tube. | |
| Large -- Medium Some nice hiker dudes, who were about to enter the tube, took a picture of all of us before they went in. Left to right (top row): Serina, Abe, Jay Melosh, David Choi, Catherine Nisch, Gwen Barnes, Kelly Kolb; (next row) Eric Palmer, Doug Archer, Nicole Baugh, Colin Dundas, Brian Jackson; (bottom) Eileen Chollet. |