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Red Rock Canyon Cliffs

Geology of Red Rock Canyon State Park, California

By Andrew Alden, About.com Guide

These iconic cliffs greet you as you pass on state route 14, with their red sandstone and white lake beds of the Dove Spring Formation of Miocene age.

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