Sunday, February 26, 2023

Colorful Rocks

The trail followed the path of the Tropic Ditch, an irrigation channel dug in an existing water course by Mormon pioneers. Ken became quite fascinated by reddish/purple coloring in the Water Canyon dry wash bed, and noticed it also appeared on the sides of the dry wash where it was clear, water at times would run.
 

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