Volcanic Remnants in the Haze
We were coming back from Lukachukai, Arizona on the spectacular Rt. BIA 13 which leads over Buffalo Pass across the state line into New Mexico when this view presented itself.
Shiprock is the largest remnant in the "volcanic crescent" that starts in New Mexico and extends all the way into Utah and back down into Arizona on the Colorado Plateau. Volcanic plugs are the cores of ancient volcanoes whose outer mantles have eroded away over the eons.
That is why I love the Southwest, you can look back into deep time almost everywhere you go.
This was taken right before the monsoon set in and the air was still filled with haze from all the fires burning in the state.
I can't wait to do this drive again in different conditions. (And maybe when gas prices have come down to a more manageable level.)
Volcanic Remnants in the Haze
We were coming back from Lukachukai, Arizona on the spectacular Rt. BIA 13 which leads over Buffalo Pass across the state line into New Mexico when this view presented itself.
Shiprock is the largest remnant in the "volcanic crescent" that starts in New Mexico and extends all the way into Utah and back down into Arizona on the Colorado Plateau. Volcanic plugs are the cores of ancient volcanoes whose outer mantles have eroded away over the eons.
That is why I love the Southwest, you can look back into deep time almost everywhere you go.
This was taken right before the monsoon set in and the air was still filled with haze from all the fires burning in the state.
I can't wait to do this drive again in different conditions. (And maybe when gas prices have come down to a more manageable level.)