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?
I didn't determine anything; geologists (a.k.a. 'objective science') did. I only mentioned that fact as a structural means of displaying the passage of time. I didn't mention the first half-billion years because I was so very young at the time --just a little nipper, really-- so I don't remember it terribly well. Except that then, where I happen to be standing --or sitting, actually (in present day Ootah)-- was located roughly on the Earth's equator at the time. As regards the last thousand years, there have been three (3) periods of drought, but rest assured, this land has
not been under water --other than the occasional rainfall-- during that time. Pleased you like the pix, though.
(And Chief: thank you for your better-stated-than-mine explanation/defense....)
NMGal wrote:
I think it amazing that these petroglyphs survived both wind and water. Great photos.
Wind is not an issue, but water is. Or would be in a wetter climate than east-central Utah. What is amazing is that these pictographs have survived the passage of modern day people. (Side note: in the 1700's, the Spanish Trail went through this canyon and passed this panel. More recently, emigrants, miners, ranchers --and now, recreationalists-- pass this panel, and in times past left the signs of their passage as well. In 1996 the panel was 'conserved' by Connie Silver, one of six [the last I knew] qualified rock art conservators in the world. In effect, she either removed or disguised as well as possible the signatures/graffiti/defacement that so-called 'Modern' people left in their wake.)
WildBill wrote:
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
Thanks, Bill. I've only been in Florida --much too briefly-- a couple of times, and there's good stuff there as well. Shoot happily, too!
Cany143 wrote:
I didn't determine anything; geologists (a.k.a. 'objective science') did. I only mentioned that fact as a structural means of displaying the passage of time. I didn't mention the first half-billion years because I was so very young at the time --just a little nipper, really-- so I don't remember it terribly well. Except that then, where I happen to be standing --or sitting, actually (in present day Ootah)-- was located roughly on the Earth's equator at the time. As regards the last thousand years, there have been three (3) periods of drought, but rest assured, this land has not been under water --other than the occasional
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No one, including my son who is a geologist, will ever convince me that a specific event occurred an exact number of times during the last half-billion nor the first half-billion years, no matter how old you were then.
Hope you never have to stay under water longer than about 2 minutes.
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