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beklicksbeklicks
2025-11-28

The is a landscape format photo, taken near ground level, looking along a paved accessible hiking trail. The trail passes through a forested area with a mix of coniferous and deciduous trees on both sides. Fallen leaves can be seen on the trail's surface, but they are blurred in the foreground of the photo due to the camera's aperture setting. It was a cloudy day, so no shadows can be seen in the image.
beklicksbeklicks
2025-11-27

This is an autumn season photo taken in landscape format of a mature deciduous tree with leaves in beautiful colour. The tree's truck is large and it's branches rise majestically upward and outward. The leaves range in colour from yellow to orangish. The sunlight on this day produced a backlighting effect so the colours really "pop". It was taken during a hike in a mature forested area. Many fallen leaves cover the ground as well as the trail's surface. Shadows from the branches can be seen on the ground. The frame is filled with the tree's branches with only glimpses of the sky coming through.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-11-26

Ranger Sarah looks at the thin dark line in the limestone which is a fish fossil.
— at Fossil Butte National Monument.

Ranger Sarah looks at the thin dark line in the limestone which is a fish fossil. — at Fossil Butte National Monument.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-11-26

Ranger Sarah learns that any dark thin horizontal lines 2-8 inches long in the limestone are fossils.
— at Fossil Butte National Monument.

Ranger Sarah learns that any dark thin horizontal lines 2-8 inches long in the limestone are fossils. — at Fossil Butte National Monument.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-11-26

Ranger Sarah continues to hike through the historic fossil quarry.
— at Fossil Butte National Monument.

Ranger Sarah continues to hike through the historic fossil quarry. — at Fossil Butte National Monument.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-11-26

Ranger Sarah learns about Volcanic Tuff that can be found in the area. Here a thicker section of Tuff can be seen, which lines up with the picture, it is just below the layer of rock with vertical cracks.
— at Fossil Butte National Monument.

Ranger Sarah learns about Volcanic Tuff that can be found in the area. Here a thicker section of Tuff can be seen, which lines up with the picture, it is just below the layer of rock with vertical cracks. — at Fossil Butte National Monument.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-11-26

Ranger Sarah climbs up a lot of stairs to check out more of the historic quarry.
— at Fossil Butte National Monument.

Ranger Sarah climbs up a lot of stairs to check out more of the historic quarry. — at Fossil Butte National Monument.
beklicksbeklicks
2025-11-26

This is a landscape format photo of an accessible hiking trail that passes through a forested area. A bit more than a dusting of snow is on the ground, and also on the branches of the mostly coniferous trees in this area. The trail is about six feet wide with fresh footsteps in the snow visible on the trail's surface. The trail passes over a footbridge, with metal railings, before turning to the right. An early look of winter, while autumn still prevails.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-11-25

Ranger Sarah learns more about the 18 inch fossil layer and the other fossil layers (1 below and 3 above) and how the fossils in these layers differ and result in different quality fossil finds.
— at Fossil Butte National Monument.

Ranger Sarah learns more about the 18 inch fossil layer and the other fossil layers (1 below and 3 above) and how the fossils in these layers differ and result in different quality fossil finds. — at Fossil Butte National Monument.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-11-25

Ranger Sarah looks out across the valley, amazed that those distant ridges represent the same layer in Fossil Lake before 45 million years of erosion went to work.
— at Fossil Butte National Monument.

Ranger Sarah looks out across the valley, amazed that those distant ridges represent the same layer in Fossil Lake before 45 million years of erosion went to work. — at Fossil Butte National Monument.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-11-25

Ranger Sarah learns about the erosion here. Around the valley tan layers on the ridge tops where deposited by Fossil Lake and are at the same level Ranger Sarah is now at. Then the Wasatch Formation deposited the red rock on top. 45 million years of erosion gives us the land we see today.
— at Fossil Butte National Monument.

Ranger Sarah learns about the erosion here. Around the valley tan layers on the ridge tops where deposited by Fossil Lake and are at the same level Ranger Sarah is now at. Then the Wasatch Formation deposited the red rock on top. 45 million years of erosion gives us the land we see today. — at Fossil Butte National Monument.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-11-25

Ranger Sarah signs the trail register at the historic quarry site.
— at Fossil Butte National Monument.

Ranger Sarah signs the trail register at the historic quarry site. — at Fossil Butte National Monument.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-11-25

Ranger Sarah learns about the 18 inch layer. Formed in the deepest part of Fossil Lake, over half of the fossils found in this layer are complete and intact.
— at Fossil Butte National Monument.

Ranger Sarah learns about the 18 inch layer. Formed in the deepest part of Fossil Lake, over half of the fossils found in this layer are complete and intact. — at Fossil Butte National Monument.
beklicksbeklicks
2025-11-25

This is an autumn season photo taken in landscape format of an accessible hiking trail that passes through a wooded area. The trail curves to the right at about a ninety degree angle where this photo was taken. The remaining leaves on the deciduous trees in this area are orangish in colour. Fallen leaves can be seen on the paved trail surface and also on the ground. The afternoon sun created a bit of a backlighting effect for the trees in this area. The photo definitely gives off a fall vibe.
beklicksbeklicks
2025-11-24

This is an autumn season landscape format photo of an accessible trail that runs through a forested area. Many leaves have fallen onto the ground on both sides of the trail, with some on the paved asphalt surface. This part of the forest contains a mix of both deciduous and coniferous trees on both sides of the trail. Some fall coloured leaves that remain on the branches stand out against the green background of the coniferous trees. The photo was taken on an overcast day and the trail is somewhat wet due to recent rain showers. The trail makes a left turn up ahead, next to a low wooden fence, which can been seen in the centre of the frame.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-11-24

Ranger Sarah looks up at the historic quarry. When Animals and plants died here and sank to the lake bottom they were quickly covered by a microbial mat and layers of limestone sediment, which prevented decomposition and scavenging.
— at Fossil Butte National Monument.

Ranger Sarah looks up at the historic quarry. When Animals and plants died here and sank to the lake bottom they were quickly covered by a microbial mat and layers of limestone sediment, which prevented decomposition and scavenging. — at Fossil Butte National Monument.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-11-24

Ranger Sarah learns that fossil formation here was due to a unique combination of quiet water, fine-grained lake sediments, and a microbial mat which created exceptional preservation conditions.
— at Fossil Butte National Monument.

Ranger Sarah learns that fossil formation here was due to a unique combination of quiet water, fine-grained lake sediments, and a microbial mat which created exceptional preservation conditions. — at Fossil Butte National Monument.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-11-24

Ranger Sarah has arrived at the spur trail to one of the historic quarries.
— at Fossil Butte National Monument.

Ranger Sarah has arrived at the spur trail to one of the historic quarries. — at Fossil Butte National Monument.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-11-24

Ranger Sarah looks at the red outcrops in the hills which are from the Wasatch Formation. The formation contains fossils of early mammals, reptiles, and plants, as well as invertebrate and plant fossils, but this a few in numbers and tend to be fragmented.
— at Fossil Butte National Monument.

Ranger Sarah looks at the red outcrops in the hills which are from the Wasatch Formation. The formation contains fossils of early mammals, reptiles, and plants, as well as invertebrate and plant fossils, but this a few in numbers and tend to be fragmented. — at Fossil Butte National Monument.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-11-23

Ranger Sarah learns that red outcrops in the hills here are from the Wasatch Formation and contain very few fossils, those when found are from animals that live along the ancient lake.
— at Fossil Butte National Monument.

Ranger Sarah learns that red outcrops in the hills here are from the Wasatch Formation and contain very few fossils, those when found are from animals that live along the ancient lake. — at Fossil Butte National Monument.

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