Geo 730: August 8, Day 585: Alteration Gradient

A final panorama of this alteration zone, shot from the pullout on the opposite side of the road, which shows the gradient from more or less unaltered rock down the hill to very highly altered in the area of the calcite veins. From here, we'll walk down the hill to the curve visible on the far right. There's a couple of fun surprises waiting behind the Douglas firs along the right edge of the photo...

Photo stitched in HugIn, otherwise unaltered. July 8, 2012. FlashEarth Location.