Coal Mine Canyon Aglow Photograph by Priscilla Burgers

Coal Mine Canyon Aglow

by Priscilla Burgers

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Title

Coal Mine Canyon Aglow

Artist

Priscilla Burgers

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

"COAL MINE CANYON AGLOW" by PRISCILLA BURGERS
The setting sun beautifully lit up Coal Mine Canyon in the desert of northeast Arizona. This canyon sits at the edge of the 120 mile wide Painted Desert, an area covered by extensive areas of colorful, exposed, weathered rock. On the border between the Hopi and Navajo Indian Reservations, Coal Mine Canyon is a long distance from any famous attraction and is not signposted, yet has become quite well known by photographers and geologists because of the amazingly colorful formations that line the upper end of the ravine. The main geologic and photographic interest comes from the detail of the rock - the colors, forms and textures of the eroded sandstone - rather than the large scale appeal of such grand places as Zion and Monument Valley.The narrow, 4 mile long canyon has sides composed of an unbelievable array of intricately eroded spires, hoodoos, gullies, fins and cliffs of every imaginable color . The rocks around the rim are soft and crumbly ( thin layers of the Dakota sandstone group), lying on top of thicker bands of the Entrada Formation, with red, white, black and gray the main colors. The top strata have wildly contrasting tints- red then white then orange then black, over a vertical distance of just a few feet. The bright red layers are the result of coloration of shale due to partial burning of the underlying coal. The erosional forms are similar to many other Southwest parks,such as Bryce Canyon, Cedar Breaks, Cathedral Gorge and Red Rock Canyon, but none of these can match the variety of both color and form at Coal Mine Canyon. A print on metal would be a particularly beautiful rendition of this glowing scene.

DESERTS OF THE SOUTHWEST Contest - 8/8/2015
Tied for Second Place

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