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Sedimentary Layers

Posted by Andrew Hosmer,
North Country explorer from Annapolis, Maryland
April 12, 2013

At Heritage Park there is a large rock out in the middle of the Grasse River that people can climb on and look out over the rushing waters. I took this close up of the different levels of sediment that have built up on each other over many thousands of years. I think this picture is interesting because of how long it takes for a rock to build like that. Each of the strips of color is its own layer and period of time. Fascinating!