Majestic
by Ivete Basso Photography
Title
Majestic
Artist
Ivete Basso Photography
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Majestic in from Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah and the elevation is 8,000 feet (2,438 meters).
Bryce Canyon was not formed from erosion initiated from a central stream, meaning it technically is not a canyon. Instead headward erosion has excavated large amphitheater-shaped features in the Cenozoic-aged rocks of the Paunsagunt Plateau. This erosion exposed delicate and colorful pinnacles called hoodoos that are up to 200 feet (61 m) high. A series of amphitheaters extends more than 20 miles (32 km) north-to-south within the park. The largest is Bryce Amphitheater, which is 12 miles (19 km) long, 3 miles (4.8 km) wide and 800 feet (240 m) deep. A nearby example of amphitheaters with hoodoos in the same formation but at a higher elevation, is in Cedar Breaks National Monument, which is 25 miles (40 km) to the west on the Markagunt Plateau.
The national park lies within the Colorado Plateau geographic province of North America and straddles the southeastern edge of the Paunsagunt Plateau west of the Paunsagunt Fault (Paunsagunt is Paiute for "home of the beaver"). Park visitors arrive from the plateau part of the park and look over the plateau's edge toward a valley containing the fault and the Paria River just beyond it (Paria is Paiute for "muddy or elk water"). The edge of the Kaiparowits Plateau bounds the opposite side of the valley.
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December 12th, 2012
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Comments (5)
Ivete Basso
Thanks, Jessica for featured my artwork at: "Nature From Around the World ". Appreciate it!
Will Borden
Majestic for sure, Ivete~~incredibly beautiful..!!! F&V!
Ivete Basso Photography replied:
Thanks, Will. Appreciate your nice comment!!! Thanks for visit my Gallery.