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(Picture: 46053374@N05/FLICKR.COM (CC BY-2.0))Climbers in Utah are helping scientists measure the vibrations of the state’s famous red rock formations.
Tech & Science Daily spoke to geophysicist Riley Finnegan of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, whose research is being helped by this partnership.
The climbers have been given seismometers to measure how much the towers and fins naturally vibrate.
The data helps to assess the formations’ stability and could even help researchers search the rocks for signs of seismic activity in the distant past.
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