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English: Layers of Footprints
Photographer
English: NPS
Title
English: Layers of Footprints
Description
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Aerial image of fossilized human footprints in the gypsum sand.

Trenches are useful to researchers in revealing multiple levels around the same area. Fossilized human footprints have been found at various sedimentary levels as depicted in the image. These suggest that human activity has occured over a longer time period, as opposed to an isolated event.

  • Keywords: Footprint; Human; Fossil; Trench; Layer; Sediment
Depicted place
English: White Sands National Park, New Mexico
Date Taken on 23 January 2020
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English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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WHSA
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English: Fossilized Trackways

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