#clarno

[bettergeology]

Some of my favorite views around one of my favorite places. Pine Creek, east of Clarno, in central Oregon. Late summer brings dramatic clouds, rain showers, and bold shadows to the steppe. This basin is steeped in history, littered with ancient archaeological sites, cultural sites, and the remains of 160 years of Euro-American ranching.

Clarno is not as remote as it was 60 or 100 years ago, but even on a busy weekend a car only drives by on the highway every 5 minutes or so. It is quiet, isolated, and one of the gems of Oregon.

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Going Home

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August 23, 2010

[portalithics]

Excellent day with perfect weather with @kkatieclarkk in Clarno today after spending last night at my brother's cabin @ranchorelaxo_cabin on Mt. Hood. Had great luck in some roadcuts and along the John Day, finding a bunch of stellar agate, petrified wood, opal, calcite and jasper. Check out Katie's sick tube agate! #rocks #rockhounding #oregon #agate #agates #rocks #petrifiedwood #banding #chalcedony #silica #tubeagate #rockhound #clarno #jeffersoncounty #antelope #rajneesh #johndayriver #centraloregon (at Clarno, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/BotrRrTncpj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3bdqupl0mac1

[bettergeology]

Nothing makes me feel more at home than the Clarno Basin, where I work 10 weeks out of the year. If it’s the purple ancient soil-turned-claystone of the Clarno Formation, the vistas of the Basalt-rimmed John Day Canyon, or the solitary Common Sunflower that blooms in the middle summer, it always beckons me back. Top to bottom: What I call the “Purple Basin” above what we call Equisetum Canyon at Hancock Field Station, a lovely vista of the John Day Canyon, and a sunflower atop the ridge that forms the spine of the Clarno Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.

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John Day Canyon

John Day Fossil Beds, Clarno, Oregon

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Sycamore, Platanus sp., leaf fossil along Trail of Fossils in Clarno Unit,

Sycamore, Platanus sp., leaf fossil along Trail of Fossils in Clarno Unit,

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