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An absolute wilderness of canyons, gorges, and sheer cliffs make the Superstition Mountains, near Phoenix, Arizona, a nearly impassible range.

   This view looks south, deep into the Superstition Wilderness, from near Canyon Lake, on the Salt River (Rio Salado).  Pretty much everything you see here is of volcanic origin -- the result of cataclysmic explosions during time.  White hot ash fell from the sky in multiple phases between approximately 25 million and 15 million years ago.
   Fusing after falling into very hard rock, known as tuff or welded tuff, the thick layers have weathered into the maze of canyons and gorges you see here.  Making your way through this landscape is not an easy thing.
 
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