Monument Valley Sunset Panorama - Arizona is a photograph by Brian Harig which was uploaded on June 5th, 2014.
Monument Valley Sunset Panorama - Arizona
Monument Valley At Sunset - Arizona / Utah... more
by Brian Harig
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Monument Valley Sunset Panorama - Arizona
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Brian Harig
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Photograph - Photographs - Photography - Photograph
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Monument Valley At Sunset - Arizona / Utah
Monument Valley lies right on the Arizona / Utah border. This shot was taken from Utah. Most of the foreground is in Utah and most of the rock formations are in Arizona. East Mittens, West Mittens and Merrick Butte are all in this image.
Monument Valley (Navajo: Tse Bii Ndzisgaii, meaning valley of the rocks) is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. It is located near the Four Corners area. The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation and is accessible from U.S. Highway 163.
The area is part of the Colorado Plateau. The elevation of the valley floor ranges from 5,000 to 6,000 feet (1,500 to 1,800 m) above sea level. The floor is largely siltstone of the Cutler Group, or sand derived from it, deposited by the meandering rivers that carved the valley. The valley's vivid red color comes from iron oxide exposed in the weathered siltstone. The darker, blue-gray rocks in the valley get their color from manganese oxide.
The buttes are clearly stratified, with three principal layers. The lowest layer is the Organ Rock Shale, the middle is de Chelly Sandstone, and the top layer is the Moenkopi Formation capped by Shinarump Conglomerate. The valley includes large stone structures including the famed "Eye of the Sun".
Between 1948 and 1967, the southern extent of the Monument Upwarp was mined for uranium, which occurs in scattered areas of the Shinarump Conglomerate; vanadium and copper are associated with uranium in some deposits.
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June 5th, 2014
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