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The Painted Wall

by slgwv
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado. The cliff here is roughly 2000 ft high (~610 m). The "paint" streaks are pegmatite dikes, traditionally interpreted as intruded into the dark host metamorphic rock from an outside reservoir, but which may instead have largely formed in place by partial melting ("anatexis.") Looking west and downstream from the south rim of the canyon.
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William Sutherland said:

Magnificent capture!

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Pam J said:

Amazing !!!

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9 years ago

slgwv said:

The Black Canyon is one of those places that's worth the sidetrip!
9 years ago

Gudrun said:

Wow, very narrow and deep! The dikes make for an intriguing pattern.
9 years ago

slgwv replied to Gudrun:

It's a spectacular canyon!
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