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Title
Rock Art Blue And Gold
Artist
Stephanie Grant
Medium
Digital Art - Digital / Photography
Description
Digital manipulation of a photograph of a lichen covered rock in Red Rock Canyon
DescriptionA photograph of some of the incredible rock formations found at Red Rock Canyon, Nevada. The unique geologic features, plants and animals of Red Rock represent some of the best examples of the Mojave Desert. In 1990, special legislation supported by the Nevada congressional delegation, changed the status of the Red Rock Recreation Lands to a National Conservation Area (NCA), the seventh to be designated nationally.
During most of its history, Red Rock Canyon was below a warm, shallow sea. Massive fault action and volcanic eruptions caused this seabed to begin rising some 225 million years ago. As the waters receded, sea creatures died, and the calcium in their bodies combined with sea minerals to form limestone cliffs studded with ancient fossils. Some 45 million years later, the region was buried beneath thousands of feet of windblown sand. As time progressed, iron oxide and calcium carbonate infiltrated the sand, consolidating it into cross-bedded rock.
About 100 million years ago, massive fault action began dramatically shifting the rock landscape here, forming spectacular limestone and sandstone cliffs and rugged canyons punctuated by waterfalls, shallow streams, and serene oasis pools.
Red Rocks valley is home to more than 45 species of mammals, about 100 species of birds, 30 reptiles and amphibians, and an abundance of plant life. Ascending the slopes from the valley, youll see cactus and creosote bushes, aromatic purple sage, yellow-flowering blackbrush, yucca and Joshua trees, and, at higher elevations, clusters of forest-green pinyon, juniper, and ponderosa pines. In spring, the desert blooms with extraordinary wildflowers.
In the latter part of the 19th century, Red Rock was a mining site and later a sandstone quarry that provided materials for many buildings in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and early Las Vegas. In 1990, Red Rock Canyon became a National Conservation Area that comprises approximately 197,000 acres.
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February 17th, 2014
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Kansas City, Mo - United States
This unique and creative artwork has been featured on the Art District Group home page. Congrats for this tremendous accomplishment! Please archive your work in the groups "Feature Archives & Thank You Thread"...Pamela
Stephanie Grant replied:
Thank you so much Pamela for the feature in Art District, I really appreciate it!
Thousand Oaks, CA - United States
Thank you so much Mariola for the feature in 500 Views, I really appreciate it.
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations on your beautiful image graduating from The 200 Club.
Thousand Oaks, CA - United States
Thank you so much Colette for the feature in Colors Blue Turquoise
Thousand Oaks, CA - United States
Thank you so much Barbara for the feature in The Galleria of Interior Design
Las Cruces, NM - United States
CONGRATULATIONS on your Outstanding work featured in GIDA! Featuring only the Best of the Best Original Artwork!
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
We welcome this beautiful natural abstract to The 200 Club, a "rising star" photography group in which only a select few are featured. It is my pleasure to feature desirable art work like this. Congratulations on your well-deserved feature in our high activity group and elsewhere and on your hundreds of views.
Ruskin, FL - United States
great movement and colors Stephanie; really like how the gold shapes at the bottom seem to be solid and stationary while the blues appear to be flowing downward! Very cool!
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