Falling Rock is a photograph by Jon Burch Photography which was uploaded on December 2nd, 2023.
Falling Rock
Me: So just what IS a 'Snap-Thunk'?
Ranger: A Snap-Thunk is an overhanging rock that breaks off above your head. You may hear the 'Snap' but... more
Title
Falling Rock
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
Me: So just what IS a 'Snap-Thunk'?
Ranger: A Snap-Thunk is an overhanging rock that breaks off above your head. You may hear the 'Snap' but you'll never hear the 'Thunk'...
Much of Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico was covered with a volcanic ash called Bandelier tuff from an eruption of the Valles Caldera volcano over 1 million years ago. The tuff overlies shales and sandstones deposited during the Permian period and limestone of Pennsylvanian age. Varying in hardness, the volcanic outflow of the firmer materials was used by the Ancestral Pueblo People as bricks, while the softer material was carved into homes.
The Bandelier Tuff is a geologic formation exposed in and around the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico. It has a radiometric age of 1.85 to 1.25 million years, corresponding to the Pleistocene epoch. The tuff was erupted in a series of at least three caldera eruptions in the central Jemez Mountains.
Some digital effects were applied to the original image after the photograph was made. No electrons were harmed during the transition.
Image copyright 2023 Jon Burch Photography
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December 2nd, 2023
