Week 7 - Death Valley - Golden Canyon - Tyler Osterberg

This week we are looking at pictures from the end of a hike in Death Valley from Golden Canyon to Red Cathedral.  My first instinct when looking at these formations would be to see if we can get some of the angles on the strata from the various layers we see pictured.  It looks like our "Golden" strata have quite the angle on them, where our red strata look nearly horizontal.  I am guessing that our gold color comes from some sulfur mineral and the red is an oxidized mineral, but I would want to get close and see if we can determine exactly what composes these two distinct layers.  I would also want to consult a geologic map of the region to see if we can get an age range on the various strata to better understand how this has transformed over time.

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