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From Random Shots 2008
Greenery takes hold in crevasses and other spots on a denuded mountain in the Santa Lucia Range. Geologists suspect that the range emerged from two great blocks of rock that were riven by faults, including the San Andreas to the east.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Big Sur: California's Elemental Coast," August 2000, National Geographic magazine)