Antelope Mesa
Antelope Mesa (in the center of the photo) is seen in this photo from a scenic viewpoint on the Chief Joseph Highway as it desends Dead Indian Hill northeast of Cody, Wyoming. The mesa is capped by The Pilgrim Limestone Member of the Cambrian Gallatin Formation (~500 million years old) and is located on the eastern end of Sunlight Basin The Chief Joseph Highway can be seen in the photo as it passes near the west side of the mesa. To the upper left of the photo is the south end of Sugarloaf Mountain; to the upper center and riaht is the flank of the Beartooth Plateau. The Clarks Fork Canyon, which is not visible, lies to the right of the mesa. The rocks visible along the canyon area and the flank of the plateau are PreCambrian granitic gneisses and schists that are about 2.8 to 2.6 billion years old.
Antelope Mesa
Antelope Mesa (in the center of the photo) is seen in this photo from a scenic viewpoint on the Chief Joseph Highway as it desends Dead Indian Hill northeast of Cody, Wyoming. The mesa is capped by The Pilgrim Limestone Member of the Cambrian Gallatin Formation (~500 million years old) and is located on the eastern end of Sunlight Basin The Chief Joseph Highway can be seen in the photo as it passes near the west side of the mesa. To the upper left of the photo is the south end of Sugarloaf Mountain; to the upper center and riaht is the flank of the Beartooth Plateau. The Clarks Fork Canyon, which is not visible, lies to the right of the mesa. The rocks visible along the canyon area and the flank of the plateau are PreCambrian granitic gneisses and schists that are about 2.8 to 2.6 billion years old.