The Bend in the River
by Lucinda Walter
Title
The Bend in the River
Artist
Lucinda Walter
Medium
Photograph - Photography, Digital Art, Fine Art, Textured Photography
Description
Horseshoe Bend outside of Page, Arizona, USA.
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Horseshoe Bend is the name for a horseshoe-shaped meander of the Colorado River located near the town of Page, Arizona, in the United States.
Horseshoe Bend is located 5 miles (8.0 km) downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, about 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Page.
It is accessible via a 1.1 miles (1.8 km) hike from U.S. Route 89 but an access road does reach the geological structure as it is part of a state park. The Horseshoe Bend can be viewed from the steep cliff above.
According to Google terrain maps, the overlook is 4,200 feet (1,300 m) above sea level and the Colorado River is at 3,200 feet (980 m) above sea level making it a 1,000 feet (300 m) drop.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_Bend_(Arizona)
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Colorado Plateau
The Colorado Plateau, also known as the Colorado Plateau Province, is a physiographic region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. The province covers an area of 337,000 km2 (130,000 mi2) within western Colorado, northwestern New Mexico, southern and eastern Utah, and northern Arizona. About 90% of the area is drained by the Colorado River and its main tributaries: the Green, San Juan, and Little Colorado.[1][2]
The Colorado Plateau is largely made up of high desert, with scattered areas of forests. In the southwest corner of the Colorado Plateau lies the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. Much of the Plateau's landscape is related, in both appearance and geologic history, to the Grand Canyon. The nickname "Red Rock Country" suggests the brightly colored rock left bare to the view by dryness and erosion. Domes, hoodoos, fins, reefs, goblins, river narrows, natural bridges, and slot canyons are only some of the additional features typical of the Plateau.
The Colorado Plateau has the greatest concentration of U.S. National Park Service (NPS) units in the country. Among its ten National Parks are Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, Arches, Mesa Verde, and Petrified Forest. Among its 17 National Monuments are Dinosaur, Hovenweep, Wupatki, Sunset Crater Volcano, Grand Staircase-Escalante, Natural Bridges, Canyons of the Ancients, and Colorado.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado
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September 21st, 2014
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Lucinda Walter
Thank you very much Janet Marie for the feature in the group Beauty of Arizona 10/09/2020 I'm honored
Janet Marie
Congratulations, for the Homepage Feature, in the Art Group, "BEAUTY OF ARIZONA," for the week of Friday, (10/09/20)! You are welcome to submit your featured artwork in the Group's discussion thread “2020 Thanks and Features Archive October-December." Thank you for sharing your artwork and being a member of the group. like/fave
Lucinda Walter replied:
Dear Janet, what an honor to have my work featured in your wonderful group. Thank you very much
Lucinda Walter
Thank you very much Thomas Todd for the feature in the group Arizona Water Photography 1/25/2015 I'm honored
Sherri Of Palm Springs
Hi sweet Lucinda, I have seen this before at RB but don't think I commented...this is really amazing ..nature is so wonderful..he almost has two eyes and a nose..hehe..interesting and beautifu..how all these boulders, mountain plateaus whatever they are ..lol..how they form like that ..Gorgeous work Sherri fl
Lucinda Walter
Thank you very much Bob and Nadine Johnston for the feature in the group Arizona - Artists Group 10/8/2014 I'm honored
Sandi Mikuse
What an amazing shot, Lucinda! This is such a striking scene! Wow! Excellent photography!!!