view from Scotts Bluff National Monument of the Oregon Trail and Visitor Center at Mitchell Pass in Gering Nebraska
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Neala McCarten / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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3755 x 2333 px | 31.8 x 19.8 cm | 12.5 x 7.8 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1 October 2016Location:
Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, NebraskaMore information:
Located alongside what was once the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, rising to 4, 659 feet above sea, is one of the best examples of the ancient High Plains. These unexpected formations are not upthrusts created by large movements of the earth's crust. Unlike mountain ranges, the bluffs of western Nebraska are the remains of an ancient high plain, built of sediments deposited by wind and weather roughly 30 million years ago. The road going across the image follows the original Oregon Trail through Mitchell Pass. It was also the Mormon Trail, and for a time, the Pony Express. The circular road takes visitors around the base of part of the bluff.