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Continent-Sized Scan Reveals US Underbelly

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A continent-sized scan of North America is giving researchers the sharpest view yet of mysterious geological structures underneath the United States.

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The view through North Window arch in The Windows Section of Arches National Park reveals snow-covered sandstone spires and fins of the Jurassic-age Entrada Sandstone. The spires and fins result from weathering and erosion along parallel fractures, or joints, in the rock. Arches National Park, Grand County, Utah Photographer: Sonja Heuscher; © 2014POTD August 12, 2013: Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Garfield County, Utah
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