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Tent Rocks


Tent Rocks
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Copyright: JC Ramos (jramos) Silver Note Writer [C: 0 W: 0 N: 40] (156)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-05-27
Categories: Desert, Mountain, Sky
Exposure: f/4, 1/1000 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-07-12 22:26
Viewed: 982
Points: 2
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Cone-shaped rock formations form one of New Mexico's most unusual vistas, and the Monument's archeological sites reflect 4,000 years of human occupation.

Six to seven million years ago, volcanic eruptions spewed rock and ash-sometimes 400 feet thick-for hundreds of miles across the Pajarito Plateau. Wind and water wore into these deposits, creating canyons and arroyos that are today part of the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument

Tucked into the steep cliffs of Peralta Canyon are the "tent rocks,"' cream-colored cones of pumice and volcanic tuff which range in height from a few feet to 90 feet and are crested with erosion-resistant cap rocks. Wind and water have carved openings of all shapes and sizes in the rocks and contoured the ends of the ravines and canyons into smooth semi-circles. Visitors can explore dozens of narrow slot canyons around the tent rocks. Scattered through the cliff deposits are fragments of obsidian or volcanic glass called "Apache Tears."

Growing in the gray, muted rocks of the tents are bright green leafed, red-barked manzanita shrubs; the sturdy imports from the Sierra Madre of Mexico cling to crevices and cracks in the rocks and, in the spring, form blankets of small pink blossoms. A sprinkling of Indian Paintbrush, Apache Plume, Rabbit-brush and Desert Marigold colors the somber grays of the rocks. Red-tailed hawks, kestrels, violet-green swallows and Western bluebirds soar overhead, using nearby terrain covered with pinion and ponderosa pine for food and shelter.

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fantastic tone and details
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