by Don McGowan | Jan 24, 2020 | January 2020
Even in the low-contrast light of an overcast sunset late-afternoon, Fisher Towers is a remarkable piece of Earth. As they emerge from the larger mesa on the left, these spires of Cutler Sandstone, capped with Moenkopi Sandstone and stuccoed over with iron-rich...
by Don McGowan | Jan 17, 2020 | January 2020
Along the eastern base of Dorr Mountain, a mere 357′ lower in elevation than Cadillac Mountain, the massive Laurentide Ice Sheet left a deep cleft in the granitic rocks, which eventually filled in to become a small glacial pond called the “Tarn.” (Of...
by Don McGowan | Jan 10, 2020 | January 2020
When the great, roughly ovular uplift that became the San Rafael Swell was formed, the lands to the south and east came ultimately to lie within the rain shadow of the imposing uplifts, and the lands it circumscribed became known as the San Rafael Desert. How...
