Tent Rocks, New Mexico by rayburg

Photography • Landscape • posted on Jul 31, 2005

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Description

Tent Rocks formed over a 100,000 year period nearly 7 million years back. Ever since, the forces of erosion have scoured the area, pushing back the canyon walls and exposing the tents, teepee-shaped formations of volcanic debris for which the area is named. Still, it will take a few more millions of years for the wind and rain to completely polish the area. In the meantime, Tent Rocks is a good place to witness erosion in action. The cliff faces show tan, pink and gray layers of volcanic ash, pumice and tuff. Above these softer layers are more resistant layers of sandstone and other rocks. As the softer layers below wash and blow away, the caprock breaks up and falls, exposing more of the softer material and continuing the cycle. Young tents that are just emerging from the valley walls often still wear a protective cap of resistant rock, while many of the older ones that now stand free on the valley floor have lost their caps and are rapidly aging. The many sandy washes in the area are littered with small bits of volcanic glass called Apache Tears. Roughly polished and anywhere from the size of a BB to as big as a grape, they are free for the picking and make a great souvenir. Filmed at Tent Rocks: Silverado, Lonesome Dove, Young Guns II, High Desert Kill (USA Cable production starring Chuck Connors), Earth II (NBC sci-fi special written by Steven Spielberg) Thanks for viewing and comments. ENJOY TODAY =o])

Comments (16)

thevolunteer

12:15AM | Sun, 31 July 2005

Wow, these are fantastic. I never knew there were such places. Great capture for sure. Aloha

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sharky_

1:17AM | Sun, 31 July 2005

Wow...very interesting capture here. Beautiful. I like it. Aloha

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Zacko

1:26AM | Sun, 31 July 2005

Young Guns rule!!! Wow, its been ages since i saw that movie. Cool rock formations. Beautifully presented above the frame like that...oooh oooh oooh and will ya look at that blue sky. GORGEOUS!!! Have a great sunday #:O)

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DELMUR

1:35AM | Sun, 31 July 2005

Beautifull! need a condom! inow a landscape like this one, in turkey, in cappadocce; the bloks are carved(inside),and painted churches inside.....

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Cosme..D..Churruca

6:05AM | Sun, 31 July 2005

Impressive... very fine shot !

donvino

6:29AM | Sun, 31 July 2005

Very nice look into this rocks. Thx for interesting info. Excellent work!!!

ana-maria

7:52AM | Sun, 31 July 2005

What a fantastic nature shot. Looks really very impressive. Excellent!!!

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Digimon

9:26AM | Sun, 31 July 2005

Amazing image! Thanks for sharing!

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marybelgium

9:30AM | Sun, 31 July 2005

fantastic photo of nature jewels ! very interesting !

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bentchick

11:02AM | Sun, 31 July 2005

Wow! Other than your dating be way off, this is excellent and your postwork phenomenal!

PhotoSmith

11:08AM | Sun, 31 July 2005

They are spectacular, and the commentary was great. A wonderful presentation. Thank you!

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diomedes66

6:38PM | Sun, 31 July 2005

Magnificcent composition; looks like an alien village! Superbly done!

cynlee

4:40AM | Mon, 01 August 2005

most excellent sharp shot of these coned ones... nice little touch with the frame too ;]

logiloglu

6:03PM | Mon, 01 August 2005

wow, a fascinating scene. all at this image grabs my attention. thank you for the interesting infos.excellent photography and presentation. vote #:O)

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