OCK,
WATER, AND LIGHT ENGAGE IN A SLOW DANCE OVER THE
MILLENNIA, SOMETIMES ACTING IN CONCERT, SOMETIMES IN
CONFLIFT—SOMETIMES DESTROYING, SOMETIMES BUILDING.
The steps are complex, and the tempo may not be apparent
to those who do not have the luxury of watching for
several million years. Molten rock raises high
mountains, light sustains plants which break down the
rocks, water carves the rocks and washes sediment away
to a distant ocean delta, the sediment is buried and
eventually turns to sandstone, tectonic pressures raise
the sandstone rocks, water carves a mighty chasm over
the eons, and light follows a winding path to the canyon
floor, kindling the rocks with an otherworldly glow.
November 2010, Zion National Park, Utah.
OCK,
WATER, AND LIGHT ENGAGE IN A SLOW DANCE OVER THE
MILLENNIA, SOMETIMES ACTING IN CONCERT, SOMETIMES IN
CONFLIFT—SOMETIMES DESTROYING, SOMETIMES BUILDING.
The steps are complex, and the tempo may not be apparent
to those who do not have the luxury of watching for
several million years. Molten rock raises high
mountains, light sustains plants which break down the
rocks, water carves the rocks and washes sediment away
to a distant ocean delta, the sediment is buried and
eventually turns to sandstone, tectonic pressures raise
the sandstone rocks, water carves a mighty chasm over
the eons, and light follows a winding path to the canyon
floor, kindling the rocks with an otherworldly glow.
November 2010, Zion National Park, Utah.
