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The vast territory of Yellowstone came to take on its unique character thanks to millions of years of geological activity. That’s to say, all the breathtaking mountains and canyons there came to be because of action in the planet’s tectonic plates. Thanks to that, the Earth’s crust was pulled and squeezed into its current shape. Photo credit: Jon Sullivan/Wikimedia Commons

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