File:Grand Canyon National Park View below Grand Canyon Lodge on North Rim 0293 (13157890783).jpg

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Description Tropical seas, coastal beaches, sand dunes, swamps, lagoons, and Sahara-like deserts are encapsulated within the horizontal rock layers that fill this view. The upper five rock layers of prominently stacked rocks record 70 million years of rising and falling sea levels. The limestone layers equate to shallow sea environments, sandstone layers mean sandy beaches or dunes, while shale layers translate to mud flats, swamps, or coastal plains. How do we know all this? The rocks tell us, through their fossils, mineral grains, and structures. NPS Photo by Michael Quinn
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Source Grand Canyon National Park: View below Grand Canyon Lodge on North Rim 0293
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Grand Canyon NPS at https://flickr.com/photos/50693818@N08/13157890783. It was reviewed on 20 April 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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