Daily Photo – Folded Rocks at the Entrance to Titus Canyon

Folded Rocks at the entrance to Titus Canyon, Death Valley National Park. Thi is the finest example of folded rocks I've ever seen!

If you drive the Titus Canyon Road in Death Valley National Park, about a quarter mile after you pass through the remains of Leadfield you get to the upper entrance to Titus Canyon. I had to stop and get a few shots of this wondrous view – the most amazing folded rocks I’ve ever seen. Having taken classes in Geology as part of my Geophysics degree, to see these folded rocks literally stopped me in my tracks. Imagine the forces required to bend all this material, and the heat such that the rocks would bend not snap.

Folded Rocks at the entrance to Titus Canyon, Death Valley National Park.
Folded Rocks at the entrance to Titus Canyon, Death Valley National Park.

Richard Davis January 9, 2016
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