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Road trip through the desert—and history

The exposed rock where the Colorado River runs through the Grand Canyon is 2 billion years old. The rim above the canyon—170 million years of accumulated sediment—blew away as dust. Eight centuries ago, the civilization that existed here left behind … Continue reading

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