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,
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Comments (39)
moochagoo
We were there in september. Fascinating.
emmecielle
Splendid view! Great lighting and capture! :)
bobrgallegos
This is beautiful Sig!! Great capture and information!
bebert
EXCELLENT SHOT
DamienDevil
Wow! Great landscape picture!
ia-du-lin
fantastic terrain, great rock formations, excellent capture
nikolais
great image, Sig!
virginiese
A nice view of Shiprock. I know this place pretty well and I know that it is forbidden to climb on it because of the religious signification for the Navajo tribe. Thanks for recalling me these good memories because I don't know if I will come back once in USA, even if I wish too :-)
danapommet
A fantastic photo and fine history lesson!