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Grand Canyon Colors Royalty Free Stock Photo

An animated landscape showing a rugged mountain with a twisting road and tiered rock layers, with a canyon visible in Royalty Free Stock Photo

Majestic view of Hathiya Canyons Sohawa Punjab Pakistan showing Pothohar Plateau mountains and dramatic cliffs Royalty Free Stock Photo

Dead Horse Point State Park Moab. Utah Royalty Free Stock Photo

Island in the sky. Canyonlands National Park. Utah Royalty Free Stock Photo

Cactus on Cliffs with exposed sedimentary rock layers at Sabino Canyon, Tucson, Arizona Royalty Free Stock Photo

Jagged vertical rocky cliffs with exposed sedimentary rock layers at Sabino Canyon, Tucson, Arizona Royalty Free Stock Photo

Rock layers of Grand Canyon Royalty Free Stock Photo

Dramatic morning light over a stunning rock formation with terraced layers in a vast canyon, ideal for travel, adventure, and Royalty Free Stock Photo

vertical rock layers in a canyon wall Royalty Free Stock Photo

Beautiful rock layers in Grand Canyon National Park. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Rock layers of Grand Canyon under a cloudy blue sky Royalty Free Stock Photo

To look at rock layers, geologists use a diagram called a stratigraphic column. It shows the rock layers with the oldest on the bottom, and the youngest on the top. That means that the bottom layer was formed first, and every subsequent layer was formed later, with the youngest rocks on the top.