Garden of the Gods, Colorado
Garden of the Gods is a public park located in Colorado Springs. It contains conglomerate sandstone hogback formations belonging geologically to the Fountain Formation, similar to the Red Rocks west of Denver. This hogback ridge begins in southern Wyoming and continues south along the “Front Range” of the eastern most part of the Colorado Rocky chain of mountains, concluding in southern Colorado/northern New Mexico. The name Colorado is said to come from the color of this sandstone. There are many fossils to be seen: marine forms, plant fossils, and some dinosaur fossils. The above photo is of “Balancing Rock.”
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_of_the_Gods
More great photos: www.uwsp.edu/geo/projects/geoweb/participants/dutch/VTrips/GardenOfGods.HTM
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