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Closed due to Covid AND road repair. Kasha-Katuwe is located on the Pajarito Plateau, at an elevation of 5700-6400 feet above sea level. Like most of the region, the volcanic activity that formed the Jemez Mountains sculpted the peculiar landscape. #geology #NewMexico #volcanic 
The Jemez volcanic field has been active for the past 15 million years. It formed at the intersection of the Rio Grande rift and the Jemez lineament, an ancient northeast-trending fault line that has been a locus of volcanism for the last 10 million years.
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The Valles Caldera is the 3rd largest super volcano in the U.S. It sits on top of an older caldera, the Toledo caldera, which may be on top of an older caldera. The calderas were formed during voluminous eruptions in the Jemez volcanic field 1.61 - 1.25 million years ago.
The French divided Pondy into the Indian and French Quarter by a canal that cut across it. Even today, when you walk around you notice stark differences in the architecture and in the street names. Read more on: varnikadesigns.wordpress.com/2020/04/03/pon…
#pondicherry @manjuramanan
#pondicherry @manjuramanan
The French or White Quarter is distinguished by their bright yellow, grey or white villas with high walls, columns, large wooden doors #louvres with straight iron grills.Most of Indian Quarter houses were originally spread out around the #temples &have more #wooden #architecture
