The Escabrosa Limestone is a geologic formation in Arizona left behind from an ancient sea from some 330 million years ago.
Layers of the sediment left by the sea hardened into a what is called a "strata."
Rainwater has seeped into the limestone, eroding and dissolving the rock into walkable passageways.
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