Stepping back in time:
Mat Warner rode with the Wild Bunch (of Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid train and bank robbing fame). He wrote inscriptions on the rocks in a handful of places, and this is but one.
People of the Archaic lived in and passed through these regions several thousands of years ago. They left their inscriptions on the rocks in a handful of places, and this is but one.
Twenty-six times in the last half-billion years, this land was under water. Between those times, the waters receded and sands blew in and sands blew out, adding to and subtracting from the layers of rock that ultimately formed, and are now exposed in the vast anticline we call the San Rafael Swell. Washes, intermittent and perennial streams, and even a few rivers erode the rock, and in places great canyons form. And this is but one.
Great capture. thanks for sharing.
I think it amazing that these petroglyphs survived both wind and water. Great photos.
Love the photos. Lived in Salt Lake for like 20 years and only visited southern Utah a few times. Photo's like yours make me wish I visited more frequently. Happy Shooting
Great photos and history, Jim!
Cany143 wrote:
Stepping back in time:
Mat Warner rode with the Wild Bunch (of Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid train and bank robbing fame). He wrote inscriptions on the rocks in a handful of places, and this is but one.
People of the Archaic lived in and passed through these regions several thousands of years ago. They left their inscriptions on the rocks in a handful of places, and this is but one.
Twenty-six times in the last half-billion years, this land was under water. Between those times, the waters receded and sands blew in and sands blew out, adding to and subtracting from the layers of rock that ultimately formed, and are now exposed in the vast anticline we call the San Rafael Swell. Washes, intermittent and perennial streams, and even a few rivers erode the rock, and in places great canyons form. And this is but one.
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Wow a great part of history preserved❣️
Nice ones Jim. I like the Pano, and that tree is a perfect foreground piece. I wonder what will be left of our story in a couple of thousand years.
Cany143 wrote:
Stepping back in time:
Twenty-six times in the last half-billion years, this land was under water... Washes, intermittent and perennial streams, and even a few rivers erode the rock, and in places great canyons form. And this is but one.
Your prose is as thought-provoking as your photographs are.
Sad day for contemplation; the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris was only 800 and some years old.
Cany143 wrote:
Stepping back in time:
Mat Warner rode with the Wild Bunch (of Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid train and bank robbing fame). He wrote inscriptions on the rocks in a handful of places, and this is but one.
People of the Archaic lived in and passed through these regions several thousands of years ago. They left their inscriptions on the rocks in a handful of places, and this is but one.
Twenty-six times in the last half-billion years, this land was under water. Between those times, the waters receded and sands blew in and sands blew out, adding to and subtracting from the layers of rock that ultimately formed, and are now exposed in the vast anticline we call the San Rafael Swell. Washes, intermittent and perennial streams, and even a few rivers erode the rock, and in places great canyons form. And this is but one.
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Very nice pictures!
But how did you determine the land was under water 26 times in the last half-billion years? Could not the land have been under water more or less than 26 times in the first half-billion years or maybe within the last thousand years?
Ron Of TN wrote:
Very nice pictures!
But how did you determine the land was under water 26 times in the last half-billion years? Could not the land have been under water more or less than 26 times in the first half-billion years or maybe within the last thousand years?
A study of the geology tells the story. And no, not within the last thousand years. The land has been peopled for the last 9 to 10 thousand years and there is ample evidence to prove it.
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