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Gardner River with Sheepeater Cliff: The cliff in the background is basalt lava that had formed polygonal columns when cooling - 500000 years ago. The cliff is named for Shoshone Indians, who had lived here and whose use of Bighorn Sheep earned them the name >Sheepeaters. The cliff is located in Yellowstone National Park, off Grand Loop Road, south of Mammoth Hot Springs.