Needle Rock and Sleeping Indian
by Eric Rundle
Title
Needle Rock and Sleeping Indian
Artist
Eric Rundle
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Sleeping Indian (named only by the locals of Crawford) is the mountain just right of Needle Rock It looks like a sleeping Indian; it is part of Coal Mountain.on the wes edge of The West Elk Mountains ,Colorado
Needle Rock is an intrusive of rhyodacite volcanic plug located at the west border of the Gunnison National Forest, in the Needle Rock Natural Area near Crawford in the U.S. state of Colorado. It stands 800 feet (240 m) tall above the floor of the Smith Fork of the Gunnison River valley. It originated as the throat of a large volcano about 28 million years ago in the Miocene geological epoch, when molten rock intruded between existing sedimentary rocks. The plug may represent the eroded conduit of a laccolith.
Uploaded
February 19th, 2013
Statistics
Viewed 942 Times - Last Visitor from New York, NY on 04/16/2024 at 9:28 AM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Comments (33)
Gull G
Art provides an opportunity for kaleidoscopic thinking. Each time we shift the lens of our perceptions, we gain new perspectives — and new opportunities for innovation.💖❣️💖 CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RECENT SALE OF A WONDERFUL WORK!
Marcia Weller-Wenbert
Gorgeous shot of Needle Rock with the Sleeping Indians in the background. The varying colors of nature are wonderful. Beautiful image.