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Window Trail Chisos Basin Area of Big Bend National Park
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- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- Unknown
- Location
- Big Bend National Park, Texas
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2007. All Rights Reserved
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Rocks along the Window Trail in the Chisos Basin area of Big Bend National Park were made from volcanic activity over 32 million years ago. These rocks have a turquoise bluish tint to them. Their folds create a stair-step effect.
