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FALL 2016 ISSUE 02 / VOL. 01
La Ventana(" the window ") is an arch eroded into the Jurassic sandstone cliff.
Eroded Cretaceous sandstone pinnacles along a hike at El Morro near the Atsinna pueblo site.
Malpais(“ bad rock”) National Conservation Area, which extends nearly 40 miles to the south.
My custom exhaust system sounded crisp and sharp in the cool air at 6,500 feet while passing the McCarty’ s flow, which is just 3,000 years old. Four other basalt flows more than 50,000 years old comprise the volcanic field completely covering the valley, and are bordered on the distant west side by the Chain of Craters( volcanoes) that is about 20 miles long.
Eighteen miles south is a developed site called La Ventana(“ the window”). This refers to the massive arch eroded into the Jurassic sandstone cliff, similar to those in the Moab, Utah, area. Awesome! The line of cliffs is the eastern edge of a faulted, down-dropped basin containing the basaltic lava flows.