200 Million Years Ago: Early Jurassic Paleo-satellite View of Colorado
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Modified: May 23, 2019, 8:28 p.m. |
Albums: Paleo-Satellite Views
200 million years ago, Colorado was a barren desert. The Ancestral Rocky Mountains were still present, but erosion had greatly reduced their topographic relief.
This animation is part of a series of "paleo-satellite" views that show what Colorado might have looked like if satellite imagery was available millions of years ago.
Geologic age: 200Ma