Arches Moonset
by Inge Johnsson
Title
Arches Moonset
Artist
Inge Johnsson
Medium
Photograph - Digital Scan, Watermark Not On Actual Print
Description
The full moon is setting behind the Wall Street formation one morning at Arches National Park
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Arches National Park is a U.S. National Park in eastern Utah. The park is located on the Colorado River north of Moab, Utah. It is known for preserving over 2000 natural sandstone arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations. The national park lies atop an underground evaporite layer or salt bed, which is the main cause of the formation of the arches, spires, balanced rocks, sandstone fins, and eroded monoliths in the area. This salt bed is thousands of feet thick in places, and was deposited in the Paradox Basin of the Colorado Plateau some 300 million years ago when a sea flowed into the region and eventually evaporated. Over millions of years, the salt bed was covered with debris eroded from the Uncompahgre Uplift to the northeast. During the Early Jurassic (about 210 Ma) desert conditions prevailed in the region and the vast Navajo Sandstone was deposited. An additional sequence of stream laid and windblown sediments, the Entrada Sandstone (about 140 Ma), was deposited on top of the Navajo. Administered by the National Park Service, the area was originally created as a National Monument on April 12, 1929. It was redesignated as a National Park on November 12, 1971.
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January 25th, 2014
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Comments (7)
Randy Rosenberger
Great composition with the lovely rock face and the moon framed by the rocks. Love it, Inge! It is a true honor and privilege to FEATURE this creative and wondrous piece of art work on the WFS site, from one of our honored and prestigious members. This awesome piece of beauty is what we are looking for to promote and let others see, including other artists and potential customers, as your works are some of the Best of the Best in my Book! Thanks much for sharing this beauty with us. Liked Forever, Elvis
Rick Grisolano Photography LLC
Awesome capture of the moon and the rocks ... really like how you set the moon in this ... L/F
Elise Palmigiani
Outstanding capture, I love these majestic rock formations!
Inge Johnsson replied:
Thanks Elise. This is an older Fuji Velvia scan, but I love this image so much. I quickly set up my camera with a 200mm lens to capture the setting moon as the sun was rising.
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