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Larry Hill | all galleries >> Galleries >> Nevada > Carved Sandstone
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19-FEB-2007 Larry Hill

Carved Sandstone

Valley of Fire, Moapa, Nevada

Just a taste of the exotic sandstone formations in Valley of Fire.

The allure of the park is its Permian and Jurassic sandstones with poetic names like Navajo, Aztec and Moenkopi. These would have been exposed and eroded long ago except that a plate bumping against California pushed a protective layer of about two miles of older dolomite rocks on top.

Nikon D2Xs ,Nikkor AF-S 24-120 f/3.5-5.6 G VR
1/160s f/6.3 at 62.0mm iso200 full exif

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Guest 20-Feb-2007 13:24
gorgeous!
Jeannie
Pam Haley - FrogHouse Photo20-Feb-2007 12:16
Beautiful!
Bea.20-Feb-2007 05:35
Wonderful shot of some incredible sculpting by Mother Nature. Interesting story to go with it.
bill smith20-Feb-2007 04:52
Love the color and texture of this shot Larry
Guest 20-Feb-2007 04:35
Larry, great and thank you for the explanation.
Paul Milholland20-Feb-2007 04:28
Beautiful shot, and a nice explanation of it.
Jennifer Berger 20-Feb-2007 04:01
Wow this is really neat.
Guest 20-Feb-2007 03:56
Interesting formation.
fotabug20-Feb-2007 03:49
Amazing