Yes, I took another picture of rocks.

[mike_c]

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My ex once asked me "Did you just take another picture of rocks?" while we drove from the east coast to northern California in the 1990s. It was my first trip out west. "How many photos of rocks do you need?"

I am smitten by naked geology.

Here is another picture of rocks from Chiricahua National Monument in southern Arizona on an overcast afternoon in June.

[Beartracks]

1. "Naked geology"

Now that you mention it, that's an apt description of so much of what i, too, love about the American west.



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[mike_c]

3. bones of the Earth

[LoisB]

2. Ok with me, I love rocks. This is a very interesting formation; almost like hundreds of individual rock people.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. This is a wonderful and detailed photo of "some rocks," my dear mike_c!

I love it!

[mike_c]

10. I'm glad you like it!

[brer cat]

5. Very interesting!! Thanks for sharing, mike.

[3Hotdogs]

6. That landscape......

No wonder the calvary had a tough time chasing Cochise.

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Rhyolite, from ancient eruption of nearby volcano ... these "hoodoos" are found near volcanos in many western states.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. If you're "smitten with geology" -- have you read this book ?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1088203.A_Field_Manual_for_the_Amateur_Geologist

[mike_c]

9. no, but it looks like it belongs on my reading list

Thanks!

[applegrove]

11. My mom used to say "I am mad for geography". She

loved to describe the previous eras as we'd drive in the countryside. It wasn't until I for the first time stood outside the farm she grew up in and looked at the view that I understood. She grew up with the most gorgeous view of the mountains and valley from the family homestead. It imprinted on her.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

12. Nice shot!

[Walleye]

13. I still remember a visit I took years ago to Devil's post pile. Interesting looking stuff on this earth.

[Diamond_Dog]

14. I hear the same thing from Mr. Diamond

“How many pictures of “x,y,z” do you need?” My answer: As many as I can take!

Your posted photo today is fascinating and beautiful!

[Rebl2]

15. I find

this picture interesting.

[Old Crank]

16. Very nice.

I heard once that in the West we like to show the beauty of our mountains while in the esst they cover them up with trees.