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Granite

Granite

slgwv
20 Oct 2020 7 7 140
A granite outcrop off the Wolf Creek trail in the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness, Sierra Nevada, California. The bright speckles are large crystals ("phenocrysts") of potassium feldspar a centimeter or two across. I liked the way the sun angle highlighted them!