Shiprock and Dike by junge1
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Description
Shiprock is located southwest of the Town of Shiprock in New Mexico, and is called by the Navajo people 'Rock with Wings' or 'Winged Rock' and has great religious and historical significance in their culture.
Shiprock is composed of fractured volcanic breccia and black dikes of igneous rock called 'minette'. These dikes radiate away from the central formation. The exposed rock probably was originally formed 2,500 to 3,000-ft (750-1,000m) below the Earth's surface, but it was exposed after millions of years of erosion.
Radioactive dating of the minette indicate that they solidified about 27 million years ago.
The central peak rises 1,583-ft (482.5m) above the surrounding terrain and has a peak elevation of 7,177-ft (2,187.5m) above sea level.
This picture was taken on 5 November 2003,
Sig...
Comments (39)
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
Jean_C
Amazing landscape and excellent shot!
jayfar
A super shot and info.
lyron
Fantastic view. Great image!!!
kbrog
They are very impressive looking, excellent capture! :)
Hendesse
Fantastic shot of this impressive landscape. Beautiful play of light and shadow.
marybelgium
superbe !
flavia49
superb capture
drifterlee
Beautiful scene and shot!
Faemike55
Very cool capture and information
erlandpil
Amazing landscape picture erland
bazza
Great shot and info Sig.. Super looking rock formations..
sandra46
MARVELOUS IMAGE!
crunch01
This is sooooo very good! love this area and you shot it so well, perfect time of day, also thnx for all thee info you give us with these!! I wanna be there!
Jay-el-Jay
It does look like a fascinating place.A fine photograph.
Richardphotos
in 1973 or 74 I worked there at Shiprock town at a Gibson's store.I was in awe of the Shiprock and when Jock and I went on the road trip, I made sure that we passed there.you must have been off the beaten path to get this pov. they are very protective of the area with no trespassing signs every where
jocko500
Yes i remember seeing this on the road trip with Richardphoto. Yours is more better that what we go as it is closer and a better pov. Plus the lighting is so right here
auntietk
Wow. That's pretty impressive! I didn't know about the radiating formations. VERY interesting. Thanks!
UteBigSmile
gaius
Thanks for this beautiful shot which brings back great memories...
blinkings
What a beautiful place.
renecyberdoc
impressive lands.
dakotabluemoon
Oh i like this one also very cool capture.
farmerC
Splendid Shot.
flaviok
Fantástica captura e info meu amigo, aplausos (5)
debbielove
So MASSIVELY impressive! Awesome shot, I love this natural look, good post Sig! Well done! Rob
rocdan
SUPERB CAPTURE GREAT LANDSCAPE VERY WELL DONE MY FRIEND
Leije
Wonderful landscape, superb shot !
dochtersions
Such an impressing rock and photo, also with this shadow on.
KarmaSong
A very dramatic rock formation and excellent narrative from you, as usual ! Excellent photo, Sig !