Camp at Old Quarry (7160)

Sky Valley to Thousand Palms

Hiking across the two branches of the San Andreas fault in Coachella Valley: the Mission Creek Fault and Banning Fault via a canyon that goes from Sky Valley through the Indio Hills to Thousand Palms. I don't know the name of the canyon, so I'm arbitrarily calling it "Quarry Canyon" since there are the remains of an old quarry midway through it, and it there are quarries where it ends in Thousand …  (read more)
Camp at Old Quarry (7160)

Camp at Old Quarry (7160)

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Camp at Old Quarry (7156)

Camp at Old Quarry (7156)

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Camp at Old Quarry (7157)

Camp at Old Quarry (7157)

27 Feb 2008 496
Ancient Fire Remains (7135)

Ancient Fire Remains (7135)

27 Feb 2008 522
According to the expert (Pat), this layer of burned material is left behind from a fire that occurred about 3 to 5 million years ago.
Ancient Fire Remains (7134)

Ancient Fire Remains (7134)

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According to the expert (Pat), this layer of burned material is left behind from a fire that occurred about 3 to 5 million years ago.
Old Quarry (7145)

Old Quarry (7145)

27 Feb 2008 498
Old Quarry (7148)

Old Quarry (7148)

27 Feb 2008 454
Old Quarry (7147)

Old Quarry (7147)

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Verbena (7138)

Verbena (7138)

27 Feb 2008 562
Tires in Tamarisk (7155)

Tires in Tamarisk (7155)

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Graffiti in Camp at Old Quarry (7158)

Graffiti in Camp at Old Quarry (7158)

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Retired Automobile (7166)

Retired Automobile (7166)

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Graffiti (7141)

Graffiti (7141)

27 Feb 2008 511
Thousand Palms Pano

Thousand Palms Pano

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Retired Automobile (7154)

Retired Automobile (7154)

27 Feb 2008 500
Flowers (7144)

Flowers (7144)

27 Feb 2008 533
Slickenside (7132)

Slickenside (7132)

27 Feb 2008 544
When fault movement forces two rocks to slide against each other you sometimes get slickensides like this very slick rock.
Retired Automobile (7151)

Retired Automobile (7151)

27 Feb 2008 534
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