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Canyons of Catalunya

A grand landscape that reminded me of the scale of the American West

 

I had never visited the mountain of Montserrat before most people travel up to the monastery, which is interesting, but the landscape is also spectacular. The mountain is about 20 miles North of Barcelona the peaks rise to about 4000 feet

 

"Montserrat" literally means "saw (serrated, like the common handsaw) mountain" in Catalan. It describes its peculiar aspect with multitude of rock formations, which are visible from a great distance. The mountain is composed of strikingly pink conglomerate, a form of sedimentary rock. Montserrat is Spain's first National Park.

 

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Taken on March 14, 2013