john day river and sheep rock

John Day River and Sheep Rock

Sheep Rock catches sunset light above the John Day River in central Oregon's John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. Just downstream from basaltic Picture Gorge, the remnant cap of basalt on Sheep Rock is sitting on the lighter colored, fossil bearing, volcanic ash sediments of the famous John Day Formation. Photographed on 4x5.

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