Week 2: Boulder Flatirons

Standing on foot in a ‘regular’ setting made me feel tall, once I had stepped out of my vehicle, there I was- at the Flatirons in Boulder. I had felt like a piece of natures’ puzzle as the Flatirons towered from above.

 Formed by the deposition and cementation of minerals from bodies of water, Sedimentary rocks make up the Fountain Formation formed approximately thirty miles west of Boulder, Colorado. As the mountains from the Ancestral Rocky Range eroded, coarse sand and gravel was deposited in all directions, eventually hardening to rock.In this event, the Flatirons of Boulder which is composed of layers, would evolve the shift and thus forming the fountain foundation know as the Flatirons (today). Strata was noticeable and easily identified as it was mostly common. In addition, the change in elevation, and surface are prominent features that were also identified.