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"Monument Valley Sunrise:" The sun’s golden ascent pierced the horizon between the iconic sandstone sentinels of the Navajo Nation, as Monument Valley greeted the day in its familiar and timeless hush — ancient, watchful, and still.
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"
34 x 43 Sangunine on paper
Over the past two years I’ve been drawing and painting on the Ridgeway near Wantage, so a recent trip to South West USA inspired some very different kinds of landscapes to those of my last exhibition. My first journey to this part of America was in 1982. This early spring I was able to revisit these stunning locations with Alison. We made many sketches and took many photographs during our trip. These two drawings in sanguine chalk are inspired by the overwhelming scale of the landscape there. Whilst in Grand Canyon there was a huge snowstorm which I evoke in the drawing. In Monument Valley, after waking up to snow cover from the night before, the day turned out to be quite warm and we went down into the valley and followed a trail around one of the gigantic ‘Mittens’ . The red sanguine chalk reflects the dominant colour of the rock there.
Next month, I look forward to working as artist-in-residence again at Camp Walden, North Michigan, where I’ve worked for many years
On the highest point of the Blackdown Hills, Wellington Monument was erected in celebration of the Duke of Wellesley and his victory at Waterloo. Building began in 1817 but the Duke never saw it finished.
The Heritage of Cebu Monument is a tableau of sculptures made of concrete, bronze, brass and steel showing scenes about events and structures related to the history of Cebu. The construction of the monument began in July 1997 and it was finished in December 2000. Local artist Eduardo Castrillo built the sculptures of the Cebu Heritage Monument.
20 miles from Laramie is the historic Ames Monument dedicated to the Ames brothers at the highest point of the transcontinental railroad. Oak and Oliver were Union Pacific Railroad financiers. The rails were twice moved from this spot further south to avoid the problems with the snow. The town of Sherman which grew from making railroad ties suffered when the railroad moved the tracks and it is now a ghost town. Granite stone was used to make the monument, gathered from natural rock piles like you see in the distance.
Very hazy day, didn't know if it was from the smoke from Arizona fires or blowing sand in the distance
EN: Is there any other photo subject in US representing the Wild West more than this? A picture, that has been shot millions of times, but we were so lucky... View from the main car park (yeah, that's the reality!) of Monument Valley tribal park. We see the rocks West Mitten Butte (left), East Mitten Butte (m), Merrick Butte (r).
DE: Kann ein Motiv klischeemäßiger den Wilden Westen wiedergeben als dieses hier? Tausendmal gesehen, aber dennoch waren wir begeistert, dass wir es unter solchen schönen Lichtverhältnissen umsetzen konnten. Blick vom Besucherparkplatz des Monument Valley Tribel Park auf die Felsen West Mitten Butte (links), East Mitten Butte (m), Merrick Butte (r).
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"
Monument Valley again even though we are just about to leave Chinle, Arizona and Canyon De Chelly. I'm not finding any photos that I took here at Canyon De Chelly that I love.
See you in Sedona!
These are some of the images from a trip to the US southwest. I was shooting with two Fujifilm Range finders, GWS690 and GW670. Using these cameras is so simple it almost feels like cheating. The exposure is usually the same for a whole morning, so the camera goes on the tripod, compose, shoot and its all over. Pack up and move on.
If you’re wondering what the tag is on the right side of the monolith, its a powered hang glider.
Whatever time of the day and regardless of the prevailing weather The Commando Monument just above Spean Bridge offers rewarding photographic opportunities.
Don't let the warm colors in this fool you - it was FREEZING when I made this image! This is a classic view of Monument Valley, but I couldn't resist - the Mittens, Merrick Butte, and these rocks at the top of the valley form a mesmerizing vista.
The S
an Jacinto Monument is a 567.31-foot-high (172.92-meter) column located on the Houston Ship Channel in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States, near the city of Houston. The monument is topped with a 220-ton star that commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution
Provincetown, Cape Cod, MA
The Pilgrim Monument of Provincetown, Massachusetts was built between 1907 and 1910 to commemorate the first landfall of the Pilgrims in 1620 and the signing of the Mayflower Compact in Provincetown Harbor.
The tower is 77 m (252 ft) tall. It was designed by Willard T. Sears after the Torre del Mangia in Siena, Italy. (Source: Wikipedia)
-Added to the Cream of the Crop pool as most favourited of my photos
Regional Railways North West had a “loco fest” on 25 April 1992, substituting their usual DMUs for locomotive hauled stock. Here 37418 “Pectinidae” powers the 1450 Lancaster – Barrow-in-Furness past Hoad Hill, Ulverston on which the Sir John Barrow monument has stood for 182 years.
The monument is a grade II listed building, a lighthouse that never had a light.
9th Fort
Name: Monument to the Victims of Fascism ('9th fort and monument')
Location: Kaunas, Lithuania
Year completed: 1984
Designer: Alfonsas Vincentas Ambraziūnas
Ninth Fort monument is a gargantuan Soviet-era concrete monument that sits on a hill overlooking the city. The 32-metre tall memorial was unveiled in 1984 in remembrance of the 30,000 Jews who were murdered here during the Holocaust and sits on the site of a mass grave.
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This is part of the monument to Finland`s greatest composer, Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957). The other part consists of some 600 steel pipes welded together. This work of Eila Hiltunen was unveiled in 1967 & is now one of the most popular tourist attractions in Helsinki.
Monument Hill road rises up hogbacks north of Cody, Wyoming until it overlooks Trail Creek valley which is visible off to the right. Don't adjust your monitor's color. The road in the foreground does have a greenish cast to it. Here the road cuts across the sandstones and shales of the Jurassic Sundance Formation. The green color is caused by green pellets of iron rich mixed layer clays and mica generally called by geologists glauconite. In the distance beneath the Sundance, white and pink beds belonging to the Jurassic Gypsum Springs formation are visible, Underlying the Gupsum Springs are red sandstone, silstones and shales of the Triassic Chugwater Formation,
The haze visible in this photo out in the Big Horn Basin (the large valley behind Trail Creek) is caused by several wildfires buring the western US. The smoke makes it hard to see the geology beyond Trail Creek.