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| So why stop here? The rocks are mostly gneiss & schists, which tell a story of a tremendous collision that happened here about 1.7 billion years ago during two different orogenies. The Yavapai & Mazatzal collisions most likely occured when New Zealand sized chunks of continent slammed into North America creating mountain ranges larger than the Himmalayas. |
| Photographer: Ryan J Hollister | Camera: NIKON D700 | Date: 2/13/10 3:51 PM | ISO: 200 | Exp. Time: 1/160s | Aperture: 8.0 | Keywords: Yavapi Mazatzyl |
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