{"id":2625,"date":"2016-01-15T08:41:14","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T15:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bluoz.com\/blog\/?p=2625"},"modified":"2016-01-15T08:41:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T15:41:14","slug":"exploring-a-new-earthquake-fault-in-mecca-hills-wilderness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluoz.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/15\/exploring-a-new-earthquake-fault-in-mecca-hills-wilderness\/","title":{"rendered":"exploring a new earthquake fault in Mecca Hills wilderness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a team of USGS scientists exploring a newly discovered earthquake fault in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americansouthwest.net\/california\/box_canyon\/\">Box Canyon, California<\/a> which is inside the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blm.gov\/ca\/st\/en\/fo\/palmsprings\/wilderness\/mecca_hills.html\">Mecca Hills Wilderness area<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can see the Salton Sea in the background<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/9640932@N04\/13728850094\/in\/album-72157643676876544\/\" title=\"IMGP7247\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3666\/13728850094_510edeed04_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" alt=\"IMGP7247\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They pointed out a part of the fault just 100 meter away where you can actually see it and it&#8217;s right in the middle on this hillside where the rocks change direction<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/9640932@N04\/13728485993\/in\/album-72157643676876544\/\" title=\"IMGP7249\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3696\/13728485993_bd5bd9c4f9_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" alt=\"IMGP7249\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>and a few other photos that show why they call this area Box Canyon<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/9640932@N04\/13728460875\/in\/album-72157643676876544\/\" title=\"IMGP7251\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7029\/13728460875_de08dd8176_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" alt=\"IMGP7251\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/9640932@N04\/13728870374\/in\/album-72157643676876544\/\" title=\"IMGP7252\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3780\/13728870374_1d9317e9df_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" alt=\"IMGP7252\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a 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