Photo 10. The pencil is resting along the crest of the fold. To the left, the layers are tilted down toward the left. Under the pencil, the layers are nearly horizontal. To the right, the layers are tilted down toward the right almost to vertical. For rocks to respond in this way to pressure, they must be hot.

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