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6. Time warp
Does this rock look different? Youve just Our lifetimes are but a blink in the eye of
gone back in time. Some of the oldest rock geologic time. Faulting, flooding, gravity and
in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park stands wind continue to sculpt the earth.
in front of you.
Here, the story is written in the rocks.
This rock was created when forces com- Where you live, the evidence may be less
pressed and warped mud and sand layers. visible. But wherever you are on Earth,
Its a good example of metamorphic rock, youre surrounded by the active processes
that is, rock thats been changed by pres- of geology.
sure, heat or chemical action.
We hope youll look for the stories written
When this rock was at the bottom of the on the land as you travel through the rest
sea, about 450 million years ago, this cliff of the park and back home again.
was located south of what we now call
Guaymas, Mexico. Come take a peek at Anza-
On the left side of this formation,notice how Borregos geological story
the layers of sedimentary rock are turned
vertical by natures forces. along this short, easy trail
Behind you is a dark streak in the hillside the Narrows Earth Trail in
just like the one youre facing. Water, rac- California State Parks
ing down the mountain, cut a wash right 2003 Powder Dump Wash.
through the middle of this formation.