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Mystery photo number sixteen

August 10, 2012 by Dave Knadler

mystery photo 16

That’s a lonesome highway.

You might be able to identify this landmark, but do you know, offhand, the geological epoch represented by most of its fossils? That’s the one-point question.

For three points, tell why Uncle Sam prohibited people from visiting a huge chunk of this area from the World War II era to the mid-70s.

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Filed Under: quiz, road trip

Comments

  1. Mike says

    August 10, 2012 at 5:02 pm

    How about Oligocene and it was made an aerial gunnery and bombing range during WWII then became the Badlands Bombing Range.

  2. Dave Knadler says

    August 12, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    Mike gets four points, for a total of nine.

    Next mystery photo will require some familiarity with Google Earth.

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