5200 x 3467 px | 44 x 29,4 cm | 17,3 x 11,6 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
28. Oktober 2010
Ort:
Colorado National Monument, Colorado USA
Weitere Informationen:
Independence Monument in the Colorado National Monument is the central feature of Monument Canyon rising 450 feet above the canyon floor. The Monument Canyon hiking trail can be accessed from nearby Grand Junction, and rock climbers can find several routes to the top of Independence Monument. A Fourth of July tradition is placing an American flag at the top of the monument each year; the tradition is apparently based on the fact that John Otto, the first climber to the top of the monument, placed a flag there on July 4, 1911. The layers of the cliffs can show formations from the Precambrian period through the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. The steepest cliffs are formed from a thick layer of Wingate Sandstone; granite, schist, mudstone, conglomerate, slickrock formations and some limestone are also found here.
