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Photo ID: imv0ce	Subject: Landscape	Description
	Bluffs; Chinle Formation; Cliffs; Dockum Group; Paria Plateau; Triassic	The south and east edges of Arizona's Paria Plateau form the Vermilion Cliffs which are said to be one of the most spectacular and extensive cliff faces in the United States. Unusually colorful because of the especially variegated Chinle Formation that forms the lower strata, the escarpment runs for over 30 miles and reaches heights of 2,000 feet. View Geological Time Scale for this image.
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	Michael Collier Credit Line: Copyright © Michael Collier	North America; United States; Arizona; Vermilion Cliffs
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Photo ID: iup22x	Subject: Paleontology	Description
	Biogenic Structures; Burrows; Carmel Formation; Fossils; Ichnofossils; Jurassic; Lebensspuren; Sedimentary Structures; Vermilion Cliffs	These worm burrows are found in the Jurassic Carmel Formation of Utah's Vermilion Cliffs. View Geological Time Scale for this image.
	Photographer	Location
	Michael Collier Credit Line: Copyright © Michael Collier	North America; United States; Utah; Vermilion Cliffs
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Photo ID: iup3oj	Subject: Landscape	Description
	Bluffs; Chemical Weathering; Cliffs; Erosion; Erosion Features; Geomorphology; Landforms; Marble Canyon; Mass Movements; Mass Wasting; Physical Weathering; Slopes; Talus Slopes	The Vermilion Cliffs stand guard over Arizona's Marble Canyon.
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	Michael Collier Credit Line: Copyright © Michael Collier	North America; United States; Arizona; Vermilion Cliffs
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