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Devil's Tombstone in Palo Duro Canyon Art Print
by Melany Sarafis
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Devil's Tombstone in Palo Duro Canyon art print by Melany Sarafis. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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From the Story of Palo Duro Canyon by Duane Guy:... more
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From the "Story of Palo Duro Canyon" by Duane Guy:
There are many of these forms, also called balanced rocks or hoodoos, scattered throughout the canyon.
In Palo Duro Canyon, blocks of sandstone in the Upper Trujillo layer come to rest on the softer mudstones of the Trujillo and Techovas below, erosion lowers the surface around the resistant boulder but does not attack as vigerously as the softer rock beneath it. As erosion progresses, the surface of the surrounding slope drops farther and farther below the resistant rock (or capstone) which typically is tilted at the angle surface of the slope.
About Melany Sarafis
Melany Sarafis served her country for 24 years and recently retired from the USAF as a First Sergeant. She thinks it's really stupid when photographers refer to themselves in the 3rd person on their biographies. I needed to do something "low speed" after a successful but stressful military career. I've have been an avid photographer for a few years and enjoy this "internal" creative process and I was a full time student at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Tx, pursuing a BFA in Studio Arts with an emphasis in Photography and Jewelry/Metalsmith Work. After taking an Art History course and learning a little about the Renaissance, I've become enamored with this art era. I took a trip to Florence Italy (the home of the Renaissance)...
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