Grand Teton National Park Views

Large rock with dike running through it at Rockerfeller Preserve in Grand Teton National Park

Mike got excited when he spotted this sedimentary rock with a dike running through it. It is certainly an extremely small dike but a dike none the less.

Dikes form when liquid rock (magma) from deep in the earth pushes upward cracking overlying rock. In this case there was sedimentary rock between the liquid rock (magma) and the surface. As pressure built up the sedimentary rock cracked and the liquid magma entered the crack creating a dike. The light colored streak in this rock is the dike.

Creek running through Rockefeller Preserve in Grand Teton National Park

Walking trails in Rockerfeller Preserve take you along and across this creek. There is a lot of snow melt still flowing off the Teton Range and it is mid-July.

This creek will empty into the Snake River about one-mile from here. The water we see here will, in time, make its way to the Pacific Ocean via the Snake River then the Columbia River.

Waterfall in Rockerfeller Preserve in Grand Teton National Park

Snow melt is rushing off the Teton Range in a race to to the Snake River where it will eventually end up in the Pacific Ocean.

Joyce took this picture in Rockerfeller Preserve along the walking trail.

Longleaf phlox photographed along walking trail in Rockerfeller Preserve in Grand Teton National Park

Flowers are in full bloom throughout Grand Teton National Park.

Joyce took this picture of longleaf phlox along the walking trail in Rockerfeller Preserve in Grand Teton National Park.

Sliver lupine along walking trail in Rockerfeller Preserve in Grand Teton National Park

Joyce photographed these silver lupine in the sage brush meadow surrounding the Rockerfeller Preserve Visitor Center in Grand Teton National Park.

Mike & Joyce Hendrix in Rockerfeller Preserve in Grand Teton National Park

Here we are standing along the walking trail in Rockerfeller Preserve .

Large aspen tree beside walking trail in Rockerfeller Preserve Grand Teton National Park

This was a beautiful, large aspen tree along the walking trail in Rockerfeller Preserve.

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