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Roxborough State Park
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Roxborough State Park is in south west Denver area and is home to several unique and unusual red sandstone formations
Roxborough State Park is a designated Colorado Natural Area, National Cultural District and National Natural Landmark and is located along the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in the ecotone between plains grassland and Front Range forest communities. The park encompasses 3,329 acres with elevation ranging from 5,900 to 7,280 feet above sea level. Willow Creek, Little Willow Creek and Mill Gulch are the primary drainages in the park. Dramatic Hogbacks, Spires and Monoliths encompass the landscape.
The most striking feature for visitors to Roxborough is the dramatic Fountain Formation. This spectacular tilted sandstone began over 300 million years ago with the gradual erosion of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains. Today these red sandstones stand beautifully at Roxborugh at a sixty degree angle and are the result of millions of years of uplift and erosion.
There are excellent examples of exposed geology from the Precambrian to Late Mesozoic, including hogbacks of Cretaceous, Permian, and Pennsylvanian age. Erosion of steeply dipping monoclinal sedimentary sections has resulted in the series of three major hogbacks and strike valleys, exposing highly scenic dipping plates, spires and monoliths. Precambrian gneiss and biotite-muscovite granite are exposed on Carpenter Peak.
I took this photo when it was very misty and foggy as you can tell, I had a wonderful time trying to keep the lens dry, constantly wiping it down, I would only bring it out long enough to take photos but I was of course constantly stopping to get photos so the whole dang camera was getting soaked. Luckily no harm done to camera and I did get away with a few good shots |
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Hi Paul,
I think that fog is probably the best mood maker in nature photography. And, you gave us a stricking example. The way these great jagged rocks disapear into the fog is wonderful. The entire photo has this fitting softness to it that enhances the mood even more.
The are looks very beautiful and I would love to see it for real. I like how there are many trees growing inbetween the sandstone sculptures.
TFS,
Niek
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