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Grand Teton National Park
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- We made it! Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming is so beautiful! This is exciting!
- Welcome to Grand Teton National Park!
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- Hey!! Watch it kid, I'm the predominant rock around here. I'm Gneiss.
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- Woah!! You look different from regular rocks.. How did you get those zebra like stripes?
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- I formed from intense heat and pressure, deep inside Earth's crust. These stripes come from high-grade metamorphism!
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- Wow that's awesome! Hey!! Is that white mineral on you quartz?? That's one of the predominant minerals I read about!
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- Sharp eye buddy! This is quartz yep! Its a hard mineral with a glassy luster, used everywhere in today's world!
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- Man those mountains are steep. What major geological formation is that, Gneiss?
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- That's the Teton Fault! A 40 mile crack in the earth
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- Ohhh so that's what caused the Teton Range to form! How cool is that!
- It was created by earthquakes over millions of years, lifting them up into the sky.
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- This has been an awesome trip Gneiss! I learned so much thanks!
- Anytime buddy, I'm going to sleep. Enjoy the rest of your trip.
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