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Shiprock Pinnacle, New Mexico

 

Many have seen Shiprock on the far horizon as they drive highway I-64 through northwestern New Mexico on their way to or from Arizona. The massive rock formation rises from the valley floor nearly 1600 feet with nothing else around it. But to truly appreciate this unique landscape, you have to be much closer, well onto Navajo land, and few venture. It's not a tourist destination; there's no parking lot or marked entrance and you better have a 4-wheel drive vehicle to get there. But a trip at sunset is well worth the extra effort to enjoy its beauty.

 

This is the first of three to capture the rock as the evening passed.

Shiprock at twilight

Shiprock in moonlight

 

Title is from the great soundtrack to Skyrim by Jeremy Soule - Far Horizons

 

Single long exposure processed in Capture One.

 

Selected for FLICKR Explore January 31, 2025

# 24

 

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Uploaded on January 31, 2025
Taken on October 17, 2021