Woody Packard

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Sand, Rock, Water, Time



Except at road-cuts and at the tops of the relatively few high mountains, what you see traveling through the east is either biological, architectural, agricultural or industrial. Travel two days west of the Mississippi by car though, and the word geology takes on a different meaning. Instead of being just a branch of science, a topic of study that deals with rocks and the formation of the earth, it becomes the best word for what is moving past your windows as you sit behind the wheel of your car, or what your feet rest on as you make your way along the fragile edge of a wash.
  These are distilled geological details found while hiking and driving through Utah and South Dakota at different times in the summer of 2011. A larger collection of the same name is available as a book.

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Sand, Rock, Water, Time

Weathering Slope
Weathering Slope
Erosion, Canyons
Erosion, Canyons
Erosion, Canyons
Erosion, Canyons
Weathering
Weathering
Weathering, Staining
Weathering, Staining
Eroded Sandstone
Eroded Sandstone
Cracks
Cracks
Harris Wash
Harris Wash
Harris Wash
Harris Wash
Sandstone Wall
Sandstone Wall
Flaking Deposits
Flaking Deposits
Seeps
Seeps
Mineral Deposits
Mineral Deposits
Canyon Wall
Canyon Wall
Rt 12 near Boulder
Rt 12 near Boulder
Burr Trail
Burr Trail
Waterpocket Fold
Waterpocket Fold
Wind Sockets
Wind Sockets
Sandstone Erosion, Detail
Sandstone Erosion, Detail
Red Band
Red Band
Sockets and Stains
Sockets and Stains
Earth Dough
Earth Dough
Goosenecks
Goosenecks
Near Cainville
Near Cainville
Wave Patterns
Wave Patterns
Goblins
Goblins
Watershed Detail
Watershed Detail
Badlands After Rain
Badlands After Rain
Water Cuts, Badlands
Water Cuts, Badlands
Leveled Drainage
Leveled Drainage
Badlands Edge
Badlands Edge
Badlands, Top
Badlands, Top
Contiguous Layers
Contiguous Layers
Recent Sedimentation
Recent Sedimentation
Bison Skull and Vertabrae
Bison Skull and Vertabrae
Nest, Unburied
Nest, Unburied
Leave Behinds
Leave Behinds
Active Zone
Active Zone