Eagle Rock
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Eagle Rock
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
Scott’s Bluff, historically referred to as Scott’s Bluff’s second pass, is the range of hills which parallels the Platte River, and is a large isolated land mass near Gering, Nebraska.
Looking like a halved dome, Eagle Rock is 4,482 feet above sea level. In 1853, Oregon bound emigrant Mariett Foster Cummings stated “There is a pass through that is guarded on one side by Sugar Loaf Rock (Eagle Rock), on the other by one that resembles a square house with an observatory (Sentinel Rock). There is one nearest the river, which is certainly the most magnificent thing I ever saw. ”Eagle Rock forms the north side of Mitchell Pass through which thousands of emigrants drove their covered wagons single file and Pony Express riders galloped to deliver mail.
Some digital effects were applied to the original image after the photograph was made. No electrons were harmed during the transition. Your finished photograph will not contain the Fine Art America watermark.
Image copyright 2021 Jon Burch Photography.
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May 19th, 2021
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