This is what the age in Papago Park look like when viewed at close range.  Angular chunks of are visible through the reddish matrix, and indicate that this rock was formed quickly by a debris flow.
  This rock and those on the west end of Camelback Mountain have the same origin, and were flat-lying after being deposited.  Later tilting has moved them into their present configurations.
   The make-up of this rock formation can be viewed easily just by looking out the car window when driving along McDowell Road through the Papago Buttes.
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   See the GeoHistory page if you want to know more about why the landscape looks the way it does, or return to the map of "The Rocks of the Valley of the Sun" for more view locations.
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