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Tuff walls of the Wheeler stone city

Fig. 1Tuff walls of the Wheeler stone city

Photo: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA · CC BY 2.0

Landform

Eroded volcanic tuff carved into a pale stone city. Hoodoos, walls, and minarets in a remote San Juan clearing.

Field note

The walk in is long on purpose. The tuff is Fish Canyon, blown out of La Garita caldera. Up close it looks like bone. Few people make the last mile.

A private leaf

Prints from Wheeler Geologic Area


Instant paper, this copy only. Write on the white — a line the walk still owes you.

The prints

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