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Summer 2005 - Big Bend National Park, TX

William and Mary Geologists along the Rio Grande at the entrance to Santa Elena Canyon.
Hiking into Boquillas Canyon to examine a fault.
Geologists stop for lunch beneath balanced rock in the Grapevine Hills.
William and Mary Geologists debating the direction of bedding.
Brent Owens giving a lesson in mineralogy in front of a dramatic example of vertical jointing.
Students pondering the dip of the Boquillas formation at the Ernst Tinaja.
William and Mary Geologists taking a group shot after a 7.2 mile hike to the top of the South Rim Trail.