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Funfact One: Situated between the cliffs and the parking lot is the Colorado River. You can't see it!
Funfact Two: The eastern boundary of Arches National Park is about five miles west of here. Apparently the Dry Mesa was thought not to be pretty enough for inclusion in the park.
Funfacts Three and Four: Up top are vertical cliffs of Wingate Sandstone of the Glen Canyon Group, formed ~206.7 to ~199.8 million years ago in the Mesozoic era, during the Rhaetian age of the Late Triassic epoch and the Hettangian age of the Early Jurassic epoch. Below that are diagonal cliffs of the Chinle Formation, formed ~237 to ~206.7 million years ago, during the Carnian, Norian, and Rhaetian ages of the Late Triassic epoch. Each geological formation is its own funfact. Ages are per Macrostrat).
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In Grand County, Utah, on August 22nd, 2022, at a parking lot on the grounds of the Bureau of Land Management's Rocky Rapid Boat Ramp.
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This is a scenic overlook of Killarney National Park on the road to Kenmare. It was named Ladies View because Queen Victoria and her ladies-in-waiting much enjoyed the view on the queen's 1861 visit to County Kerry.
funfact: evans got board of not putting a background in some of his sketches so he added this griffiti inspired outline.
Miranda, Lizzie, Sarah, Louisa, and I were all bored during the city bus ride, so we took this picture. Fun fact: Lizzie switched which hand that was going to be in the picture, just so she could show off her nail polish.
Maybe this picture of this concrete cornerstone is your first awareness of the existence of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and your closest brush with that church heretofore.
Funfact: The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is aligned with (is in "full communion" with) the pope in Rome. So if you were worried it wasn't, you can stop being that.
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In Woonsocket, Rhode Island, on April 23rd, 2025, was a datestone at St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church (completed in 1924) on the south side of Blackstone Street, east of Harris Avenue.
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