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Big Bend National Park:

A Photographic Geology Tour

Click here to start a tour of Big Bend National Park. Click on any of the images to continue to the next page in the linked page series. Or, see a thumbnail gallery.

Click here to see tours of other national parks.

Map of Big Bend National Park
Click on the map or click on "next image" to see a series of park images.

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Click here to see the same images in 3D photography. You will need red-and-cyan stereo viewing glasses to get the 3-D visual effects. Click here to see more 3D geology tours of National Parks.

Click here to learn more about Big Bend National Park (National Park Service website: http://www.nps.gov/bibe).

Click here for an overview of the geologic history of the Big Bend region.

Click here to learn about the stratigraphy of Big Bend National Park.

Click here for a list of maps, books, and historic reports that describe the geology of the Big Bend National Park.

This website was prepared by Phil Stoffer and Paula Messina
USGS Western Earth Surface Processes Team, Menlo Park, California.

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