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Fajada Butte

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A reference summary of the Sun Dagger: Sofaer's 1977 discovery, the slabs and spirals, the solstice and equinox markings, the lunar standstill shadows, the 1989 finding that one slab had shifted and the 1990 stabilisation, the closure of the butte in the 1980s, and the criticisms of Zeilik and McCluskey.

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Used for the slab shift and McCluskey's chance argument pending the primary papers.

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Wikipedia contributors (n.d.). Fajada Butte. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fajada_Butte
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