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Wall Street, Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona 
Chiricahua National Monument is quite an awesome
place to spend a day. Some hikes are easy, and the scenery is beautiful
and unusual. These volcanic-origin spires number in the thousands
in the park. They are stacked, leaning, and splashed with lichens
for additional color.
Twenty seven million years ago a volcano 1000 times more powerful than
Mt. St. Helens erupted and layered ash and pumice 2000 feet deep.
Compact, solidified, and eventually eroded, these formations were formed.
It lies at the intersection of the Chihuahuan and Sonoran deserts.
This formation is called Wall Street, because when standing next to
it, it reminded somebody of the tall buildings in New York City.
For more pictures of the volcanic columns, click on the InDepth Chiricahua
button below.
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Southeastern Arizona. The highlighted
section shows where in Arizona Chiricahua National Monument is located
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Chiricahua National Monument.
At the end of the road is approximately where the photo above was taken.
You have to park your car and take a rather easy hike to get to this formation.
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©1995 by Jeffrey L. Cooper
