Slot Cave Valley Of Fire #1
by Frank Wilson
Title
Slot Cave Valley Of Fire #1
Artist
Frank Wilson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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The Valley Of Fire has countless slot caves and squeezing into some of them can be a bit unnerving. Some hold a great surprise by opening into a large room. It is hard to imagine the forces that carved such intricacies in the red orange sandstone.
The Valley of Fire is a very dry, sparsely vegetated desert area in Southern Nevada with spectacular red sandstone crags and rock piles that have eroded in a variety of interesting and unusual forms. Many rock faces are covered with desert varnish, a naturally occurring dark patina that forms on the surface of rocks in the desert. Native peoples who lived in the area created petroglyphs by pecking away the desert varnish to reveal the underlying light-colored rock. The scenery here is surreal and I had the feeling that I may have been hiking on another planet!
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May 7th, 2016
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