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SmugMug > all-time keyword > granite > Granite Falls 2 HDR
SmugMug > all-time keyword > granite > Granite Falls HDR
SmugMug > all-time keyword > granite > Inner gorge from rim trail...Grand Canyon

In this picture you get a good view of the dark metamorphic rock (Vishnu Schist) that forms the inner gorge of the Grand Canyon, along with the characteristic pink intrusions of Zoroaster Granite.  These ancient rocks look strikingly different from all the rocks above them, which are sedimentary, and have clearly been laid down in layers which remain, so far, intact.

You can also see that the buttes, towers, ledges, plateaus of the inner canyon have lost through erosion the upper creamy white layer of Kaibab limestone that caps both the   south (near) and north rims of the Grand Canyon.
SmugMug > all-time keyword > granite > Landscapes and Seascapes photo
SmugMug > all-time keyword > granite > Statue of Father Junipero Serra, a Francisan friar and founder of the California Missions, blessing a Juaneno Indian boy. Fr. Serra was beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 25, 1988. This statue was sculpted by Tole van Rensalaar and is located in the courtyard of Mission San Juan Capistrano, The Jewel of the Missions.
SmugMug > all-time keyword > granite > Statue of Father Junipero Serra, a Franciscan friar and founder of the California Missions, blessing a Juaneno Indian boy. Fr. Serra was beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 25. The statue was scuplted by Tole van Rensalaar, and is located in the courtyard of Mission San Juan Capistrano, The Jewel of the Missions.
SmugMug > all-time keyword > granite > Landscapes and Seascapes photo
SmugMug > all-time keyword > granite > Texas state capitol building in Austin, Texas. This is a shot of the rotunda taken from the front of the capitol.
Landscapes and Seascapes photo
Photo by: Gail Johannes (gailjo) · see photo in gallery

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