October 24, 2003

Image of the Day: Fort Rock

[From the Oregon State Parks website] Like a desert mirage, this monolith rises huge out of the barren, immense flatness of Oregon's high desert. An enormous near-circle of towering, jagged rock walls make it seem like a fort. It's an old shield volcano set in what once was a shallow sea in prehistoric times. Sandals found in a nearby cave are the oldest ever discovered in Oregon, dating back around 9,000 years.