Debris Flow, Colorado

Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

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Location: 40^o 24' 37" N, 105^o 38' 07" W.

A flash flood swept down this valley west of Estes Park, Colorado, on the outskirts of Rocky Mountain National Park, scouring the valley walls in the distance and leaving large boulders behind. At its peak, the flood was a soupy mass of mud, sand, water and rocks, more like wet cement than water.

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Original Scene

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Possible Coloring

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Created 30 September 2009, Last Update 15 January 2020