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This was taken at Monument Valley, in the Navajo Nation that straddles Arizona and Utah, USA.
I took a photo tour, and it was just an incredible place to visit. A lot of old western movies were shot there because of the rock formations.
Explored on March 4, 2010. As high as #21 (now hanging on at 499 I think :D). Thanks for all the kind words, comments and faves.
Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, meaning valley of the rocks) is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. It is located on the southern border of Utah with northern Arizona (around 36°59′N 110°6′W / 36.983°N 110.1°W / 36.983; -110.1), near the Four Corners area. The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation, and is accessible from U.S. Highway 163.
The area is part of the Colorado Plateau. The floor is largely Cutler Red siltstone or its sand deposited by the meandering rivers that carved the valley. The valley's vivid red color comes from iron oxide exposed in the weathered siltstone. The darker, blue-gray rocks in the valley get their color from manganese oxide.
The buttes are clearly stratified, with three principal layers. The lowest layer is Organ Rock shale, the middle de Chelly sandstone and the top layer is Moenkopi shale capped by Shinarump siltstone. The valley includes large stone structures including the famed Eye of the Sun.
Between 1948 and 1967, the southern extent of the Monument Upwarp was mined for uranium, which occurs in scattered areas of the Shinarump siltstone; vanadium and copper are associated with uranium in some deposits (see Uranium mining in Arizona).
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Monument Valley has to be one of the most photographed places in the world. There were a thousand cameras trained on this ordinary Saturday sunset; and that was just one single busload of Japanese tourists. (True)
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L'ensemble est constitué de la chapelle, du cimetière avec son calvaire, et de la fontaine située à quelques mètres de l'enclos. La chapelle comporte une nef avec bas-côtés et un transept dans le prolongement du chevet. Au-dessus du porche voûté s'élève le clocher dont les baies, séparées par des colonnes, sont disposées pour recevoir des cloches de grosseurs différentes.
Le calvaire, reposant sur un socle en granit, comprend les trois croix traditionnelles et une Pietà. La fontaine se compose d'une niche abritée par une voussure en plein cintre et alimente un lavoir.
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During our bus trip of the national parks of America we visited Monument Valley. We were taken around in a 4 wheel drive open truck. It was very hot and windy and we were advised to wear a mask. The tour guide gave us all a local bandana to wear. The scenery was amazing.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Valley
Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔ ǹtsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː], meaning "valley of the rocks") is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, with the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. The most famous butte formations are located in northeastern Arizona along the Utah–Arizona state line. The valley is considered sacred by the Navajo Nation, the Native American people within whose reservation it lies.
Monument Valley has been featured in many forms of media since the 1930s. Famed director John Ford used the location for a number of his Westerns. Film critic Keith Phipps wrote that "its five square miles [13 km2] have defined what decades of moviegoers think of when they imagine the American West".
Sourc: navajonationparks.org/navajo-tribal-parks/monument-valley/
History
Before human existence, the Park was once a lowland basin. For hundreds of millions of years, materials that eroded from the early Rock Mountains deposited layer upon layer of sediment which cemented a slow and gentle uplift, generated by ceaseless pressure from below the surface, elevating these horizontal strata quite uniformly one to three miles above sea level. What was once a basin became a plateau.
Natural forces of wind and water that eroded the land spent the last 50 million years cutting into and peeling away at the surface of the plateau. The simple wearing down of altering layers of soft and hard rock slowly revealed the natural wonders of Monument Valley today.
From the visitor center, you see the world-famous panorama of the Mitten Buttes and Merrick Butte. You can also purchase guided tours from Navajo tour operators, who take you down into the valley in Jeeps for a narrated cruise through these mythical formations. Places such as Ear of the Wind and other landmarks can only be accessed via guided tours. During the summer months, the visitor center also features Haskenneini Restaurant, which specializes in both native Navajo and American cuisines, and a film/snack/souvenir shop. There are year-round restroom facilities. One mile before the center, numerous Navajo vendors sell arts, crafts, native food, and souvenirs at roadside stands.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "米国" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis" "ארצות הברית" "संयुक्त राज्य" "США"
(Arizona) "أريزونا" "亚利桑那州" "אריזונה" "एरिजोना" "アリゾナ州" "애리조나" "Аризона"
(Utah) "يوتا" "犹他州" "יוטה" "यूटा" "ユタ州" "유타" "Юта"
(Monument Valley) "وادي النصب التذكاري" "纪念碑谷" "Vallée des monuments" "מוניומנט ואלי" "स्मारक घाटी" "モニュメントバレー" "모뉴먼트 밸리" "Долина Монументов" "Valle de los Monumentos"
The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the largest monument to a writer in the world. It stands in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, opposite the Jenners department store on Princes Street and near to Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station, which is named after Scott's Waverley novels.
The tower is 200 feet 6 inches (61.11 m) high, and has a series of viewing platforms reached by a series of narrow spiral staircases giving panoramic views of central Edinburgh and its surroundings. The highest platform is reached by a total of 287 steps. It is built from Binny sandstone quarried near Ecclesmachan in West Lothian.
It started to rain as I was taking this shot of the Washington Monument. Fortunately, I brought my umbrella. Unfortunately, it was so windy that the umbrella actually blew apart and I had no choice but to run under a tree for shelter. That was definitely the first time I’d ever experience rain like that while I was out shooting. It was kinda fun - See more at: www.abpan.com/blog/#sthash.QD3cUm7r.dpuf
View from the Monument to the Great Fire of London. The location is North of London Bridge and a couple of hundred feet from where the fire started on the 2nd of September 1666 in Pudding Lane. Tower Bridge is in the distance looking east along the Thames. Although not as tall as the modern towering buildings of glass and concrete it gives a good opportunity to see the city in a more immersive way. I often think very tall towers loose the feeling of connection with the city around you. Well worth a climb up the 311 steps to the top with camera in hand.
"Life would be dull if we had to look up at cloudless monotony day after day." Monument Valley, No. Arizona.
Near the Murrumbidgee River, Narrandera NSW
"Capt. Charles Sturt, 39th Regt.
Explorer
Passed This Spot
12th December, 1829."
Monument Valley is a Navajo Nation tribal park, straddling the border of northeastern Arizona and southeastern Utah of the Colorado Plateau.
We arrived to Monument Valley in a reddish sand storm, which created three dimensional photographs. see on large Monument Valley is located on Utah and Arizona border on Navajo land. The area lies entirely within the Navajo Indian Reservation on the Utah/Arizona border; the state line passes through the most famous landmarks.
The isolated red mesas and buttes surrounded by empty, sandy desert was an unforgettable site.
F. Schiller, medico, poeta, filosofo e storico, è considerato uno dei più importanti drammaturchi poeti e saggisti tedeschi.
Il monumento che vedete qui a Ludwigsburg è opera dello scultore Ludwig von Hofer.
La statua fu creata in marmo a Carrara nel 1880 e la donò alla sua città natale.
Schiller nacque nella vicina città di Marbach am Neckar e trascorse sei anni della sua infanzia a Ludwigsburg.
Monument Valley is often thought to be US national park, but while its beauty certainly would qualify it for such distinction it is actually a Navajo Nation Tribal Park. It is located at the northern Arizona border with Utah. This photo was taken just outside of the tribal owned View Hotel. The area is a famous setting for numerous western themed movies.
I have previously posted a similar photo that was an HDR taken with my 14-24 mm lens and not stitched. I do like this version better as I think there is much better detail. We were so lucky with the summer cloud formations and their location within the photo. Note the vehicles on the foreground road to provide some size perspective.
Nikon D800
Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 at 70mm
1/400 sec at f/7.1 at ISO 100
9 vertical photos stitched in Lightroom
The photo is 23,893 pixels wide
July 24, 2016
... War Memorial, from the 'other side' where, if you squint a bit, you can see Heptonstall Church (on the first hill) and very tiny, Stoodley Pike (in the far distance)! I was in a fairly tight space here and would just like to apologise for not including the very top of the Monument! :-(
Als Monument gegen Krieg stehen die alten Brückentürme der Remagener Rheinbrücke bei Erpel auf der rechten Rheinseite.
110 394 passiert die Stelle mit einem Reisezug Richtung Köln.
Monument Falls is small but bucolic water feature along Rte. 86 between Lake Placid and Wilmington. A nice contrast to the rocky waterfalls white water along the West Branch of the Ausable River. Click for the HiRez goodness!
Explore : Oct. 5, 2018.
The Pakistan Monument in Islamabad, Pakistan, is a national monument representing the nation's four provinces and three territories. The Monument has been designed to reflect the culture and civilization of the country and depicts the story of the Pakistan Movement, dedicated to those who sacrificed themselves for future generations.
You must have seen this location in countless old western movies. No not Feroz Khan movies! Think John Wayne and Gregory Peck; not Feroz Khan! One of the most iconic locations in South-West states of Arizona and Utah, Monument Valley is a destination worth all the Gold that McKenna stashed here! Go dig it!
P.S.: We used to have an evening newspaper called "Pratap" in those days. It had one whole page for ads for movies running in the various theatres in the city. They would translate the English movie's names to Gujarati & I vividly recall Mckenna's Gold was translated to "Makwana Nu Sonu!"