part 1 of 3 photo journal
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Juan Carlos Lopez
Professor Schmidt
Geography 5 Lab
Spring Semester 2012
GEO-5 PHOTO JOURNAL
CINDER HILL IS A CINDER CONE VOLCANO BECAUSE OF THE VOLCANIC DEBRIS THAT ACCUMULATES AROUND AND DOWNWARD FROM ITS VOLCANIC VENT.
THESE LAVA FLOWS WERE MADE FROM THE COOLING LAVA THAT RAN DOWN FROM THE VOLCANO.
THIS IMAGE DISPLAYS A DRIED UP STREAM BED NEAR FOSSIL FALLS.
FOSSIL FALLS IS A DRIED UP WATERFALL WHICH WAS FORMED BY THE MELT WATERS FROM GLACIERS IN THE SIERRA NEVADAS WHICH
FLOWED INTO THE OWENS RIVER.
FOSSIL FALLS IS LOCATED IN INYOCOUNTY, CA.
THE METATE HOLES WERE FORMED BY THE WATER FLOW WHICH ALLOWED DEBRIS TO
CUT HOLES INTO THE ROCKS.
OBSIDIAN FLAKES ARE NATURALLY FORMED VOLCANIC GLASS THAT WERE USED BY NATIVE AMERICANS AS TOOLS DUE TO THEIR SHARP
EDGES.
PETROGLYPHS ARE PICTOGRAM IMAGES CARVED ON ROCKS BY THE PREHISTORIC NATIVE
AMERICANS LIVING IN THE COSO DESERT REGION.
DUE TO THE FACT THAT NATIVE AMERICANSMIGRATED SEASONALLY, THEY WOULD BUILD
THESE RINGS TO BE USED AS LIVING AREAS, AS WELL AS REMINDER OF WHERE THEY STAYED AT
WHEN THEY RETURNED.
MORMON ROCKS GOT ITS NAME FROM MORMONSETTLERS WHO MOVED FROM UTAH TO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, USING THESE ROCKS AS THEIR LANDMARK. THESE ROCKS GOT THEIR FORM DUE TO THE SPILTTING OF THE NORTH AMERICAN AND
PACIFIC PLATE.
MORMON ROCKS IS COMPOSED OF SEDIMENTARY ROCK OVERTIME.
THE STREAM BED IS PART OF THE SAN ANDREASRIFT ZONE THAT SEPREATES BOTH THE NORTH
AMERICAN AND PACIFIC PLATES.
DIAZ LAKE WAS CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE BIG EARTHQUAKE OF 1872 WHICH CAUSED THE
LAND TO SINK.
THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1872 CAUSED THE DESTRUCTION OF MANY NEARBY TOWNS.