Image of the Day — Inscription Rock
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Posted: Saturday, January 13, 2024
Inscription Rock. El Morro National Monument, New Mexico.
Image taken:
12/30/2016
by: Mark Leo-Russell
©
2016
Image courtesy of Mark Leo-Russell for use by the NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources. All other rights and use restricted.
Longitude: -108.347425461
Latitude: 35.0374389571
(WGS 84 or NAD 83)
About this image
Inscription Rock. Inscription Rock Trail, El Morro National Monument, New Mexico. The Rock is mostly composed of Zuni Sandstone, a Jurassic Period (200-145 Ma) sedimentary rock that preserves part of a sand dune field that stretched acoss much of this region approximately 150 Ma.
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Location
Inscription Rock Trail, El Morro National Monument, New Mexico.
Camera Details
Canon PowerShot S5 IS Exposure: 7.5 mm f/4.0 1/318 sec ISO 100.
Image posted: 06-15-2022