http://clasticdetritus.com/2008/06/20/friday-field-foto-56-andean-condor/ A blog about sedimentary geology. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:49:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://clasticdetritus.com/2008/06/20/friday-field-foto-56-andean-condor/#comment-3791 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:40:34 +0000 http://clasticdetritus.wordpress.com/?p=801#comment-3791 Adam … and when they do “buzz” you, they are so large you can hear them cutting through the air! It’s a very cool (and a bit freaky) experience.

]]> http://clasticdetritus.com/2008/06/20/friday-field-foto-56-andean-condor/#comment-3788 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:22:50 +0000 http://clasticdetritus.wordpress.com/?p=801#comment-3788 That must’ve been something to see so many in the 2nd photo, and I can’t imagine being buzzed by one at a few meters! Your 3rd photo is fabulous – such prehistoric birds they are.

]]> http://clasticdetritus.com/2008/06/20/friday-field-foto-56-andean-condor/#comment-3763 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:26:50 +0000 http://clasticdetritus.wordpress.com/?p=801#comment-3763 Silver Fox … thanks for the kind words and, yes, that is the Cretaceous Tres Pasos Formation. The resistant buff-colored benches are turbidite sandstone bodies and most of the gray is shaley chaotically deformed stuff, interpreted as mass wasting deposits.

]]> http://clasticdetritus.com/2008/06/20/friday-field-foto-56-andean-condor/#comment-3762 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:30:50 +0000 http://clasticdetritus.wordpress.com/?p=801#comment-3762 You have some great photos here! Are those Cretaceous units in the background of photo #2?

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