Saturday, March 8, 2014

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area West of Las Vegas

Just 17 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip is Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
















The Visitor's Center






Bring jackets with you.  At 6,000 feet it was windy enough for me to regret not having mine.  






Eric wishes we have a
geologist with us to
describe what we see.














 protected here.














The red rock is caused











Grey colored limestone in the
background was at the
bottom of an ocean over
250 million years ago.





Somewhere in the 195,819 acres of this Conservation Area, there are dinosaur footprints.  The area has not been developed for visitors to view the footprints.







This light tan formation 
looks like it oozed up 
out of the ground. 












This area is subject
to flash flooding.











Darker grey limestone moved
sideways in this area about












Watch out for donkeys!









Erosion caused the
ripples in the stone.






Looking east, between two
mountains, I see the tops
of casinos in Las Vegas

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