The document discusses various geological formations and sites that Luis Roque visited, including Mormon Rocks near Highway 138 and I-15 which provide evidence of the San Andreas Fault, cinder cones and lava flows in the Coso Volcanic Field, Fossil Falls and the stream bed that once fed it, holes eroded into rocks by running water, petroglyphs left by local tribes, house rings used by migrating tribes, the Sierra Nevada mountains shaped by glaciers, Diaz Lake formed by an 1872 earthquake, an internment camp for Japanese citizens in WWII, islands and shorelines of Mono Lake, hot springs formed by mixing of spring and alkaline waters, Convict Lake carved by glaciers, and large
3. The interesting
thing about the rock
structure is it tells
you how long it has
been there and what
years were
extremely dry
compared to the
years that had
droughts.
4. •Located at the
Highway 138 and
Interstate 15 junction,
the Mormon Rocks
are visual evidence of
the San Andreas fault
lying beneath the
California surface.
5. Cinder hill is a
basaltic cinder
cone in the Coso
Volcanic field
near Fossil Falls
State Park
6. The lava flow
pictured here is
a basaltic lava
flow that gives
you an idea of
how active these
volcanoes used
to be
7. Here is some of
the stream bed
that leads to
what was once a
waterfall
8. Fossil falls
were formed by
melted glacier
water that
eventually
carved a path
into the rocks
9. These holes were
formed when the
running water carved
a path into the rocks
when debris would
break off a small
portion
10. The local natives
had they type of
mineral we saw alot
of these next to the
former river
because it would
travel down from
the volcano and the
local tribes would
shape and fashion
them into weapons
to hunt with
11. Done by the local
tribe of the coso
region this
Petroglyph is a story
of the big horns in
the region I believe
12. These house rings were
used by the local tribes it
served to them as a base
of their homes from when
they would come back
from their migrations
during different seasons
13. Luis Roque
Mt. Whitney is the
highest elevation in
the entire us at
14,505 ft
14. If you see the
“U” Shaped Luis Roque
into the
sierras
Nevada's
these were
cut out by
glaciers
many years
ago
22. I took this
Luis Roque
picture of the
date on the
cement that
was made by
those held at
the internment
camp in the
area that would
be a form of a
court yard
23. In The Right You See
Paoha Island And to Luis Roque
the left of that you
see Negit the
volcano island
24. If you see the Luis Roque
darker portion cut
into the mountain
side those are the
ancient shore lines
of mono lake
before water was
diverted to los
Angeles
25. Formed by Luis Roque
spring water
mixing with
alkaline from
the lake
34. •The Sheer Size of
these knives
intrigues me
because the
amount of time it
must of took to
make this was
tremendous but I
suppose what else
were the early
people going to do
for fun.
Luis Roque