A View from Foree

AlanLichty

AlanLichty

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This is a shot of the hillsides across from one of the units in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. The monument is actually several small parcels of land that are surrounded by private land so scenes like the one shown here are best visited with a long lens while shooting from someplace with a view. Almost anywhere there are erosional exposures in the area will showcase some of the interesting geology that makes this place unique.

A View from Foree

A View from Foree

A view of the hillsides near the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon.

C&C always welcome.
 
JimFox

JimFox

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It’s really cool how the rock is coming out like that. Do you know then if there are fossils in those Particular rocks?

it’s funny how some of these National areas start as small parcels and just keep growing in a patchwork fashion for a while.
 
AlanLichty

AlanLichty

Moderator
JimFox said:
It’s really cool how the rock is coming out like that. Do you know then if there are fossils in those Particular rocks?

it’s funny how some of these National areas start as small parcels and just keep growing in a patchwork fashion for a while.
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The bluish tinted layer is the same one that dominates the Blue Basin and yes, it would likely have fossils. That outcrop is posted private land. Most of the land that comprise the monument were purchased by the State of Oregon decades ago as opportunities to buy the land came up and were ultimately donated to the Parks Service to create the monument in 1975. There are some patches of BLM land around the parcels that are in the monument but most of it is privately owned. I don't know of any push to grow this National Monument at present.
 
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