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Cathedral Rock above Oak Creek

Fig. 1Cathedral Rock above Oak Creek

Photo: Terrydarc · CC BY-SA 3.0

Landform

Schnebly Hill sandstone buttes and spires — Cathedral Rock, Bell Rock, Courthouse — rising from a high desert of juniper and oak.

Field note

The famous color is iron oxide in Permian sandstone. Oak Creek cuts a green corridor through the red. After rain, potholes on the slickrock become small skies.

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