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Origin of the rock layers of the Grand Canyon

This video uses a sandbox to show how the rock layers of the Grand Canyon formed.

Credit: Steve Kidder, Tectonics Observatory, California Institute of Technology; edited & music by Tim Pyle, IPAC Communications & Education Team, California Institute of Technology

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