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English: Monument Valley, the buttes are clearly stratified, with three principal layers. The lowest layer is Organ Rock Formation-(skirts, slope-former), the middle De Chelly Sandstone-(vertical cliffs) and the top layer is Moenkopi Formation (shales?, horizontal bedding) capped by Shinarump siltstone-(Shinarump Conglomerate-(locally)). The 3 buttes lie in Arizona, adjacent the Utah border. The en:West and East Mitten Buttes (left & center) are about 1.5 miles (2 km) apart. Merrick Butte is at photo-right.
日本語: モニュメント・バレーの景観。アリゾナ州とユタ州の境に位置する特徴的なビュートのうちミトン (手袋) の形をしている西と東のミトン・ビュートは1.5 miles (2 km) 離れている (左、中央) 。右はメリック・ビュート。
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Author Wolfgang Staudt from Saarbruecken, Germany

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Wolfgang Staudt at https://www.flickr.com/photos/53074617@N00/2197666743. It was reviewed on 13 February 2008 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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