Places | May 13, 2014 03:13 PM EDT
It lives up to its name: Garden of the Gods in Colorado (PHOTOS)
The outstanding geologic features of the park are the ancient sedimentary beds of deep-red, pink, and white sandstones, conglomerates and limestone that were deposited horizontally, but have now been tilted vertically and faulted by the immense mountain building forces caused by the uplift of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif.
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