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13-OCT-2008 © Gary Hebert

Paint Pots

Kootenay National Park, Canada

Area of red and yellow clay ochre beds with three mineral pools known as the "Paint Pots."
This is a sacred native site, where First Nations peoples used the red earth to decorate teepees, clothing, and their bodies, and to create rock paintings.


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