Grand Canyon Close Up
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Grand Canyon Close Up
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture/textured
Description
One may question how these mesas and buttes in the Grand Canyon got their names in the first place? Many of the canyon's landmarks were named by geologist Charles Dutton who published one of the earliest detailed geologic studies of the canyon in 1882. Dutton believed that the canyon was such an important and impressive feature on the planet, the names of its features should reflect all the world's cultures and thus he chose many names from mythologies and legends from around the world. Examples of canyon landmarks named in this way are Wotan's Throne, Cheops Pyramid, Budda Temple, Solomon Temple, Jupiter Temple and Tower of Ra. In the left foreground is a feature called the Battleship.
Some named features visible from my vantage point at the El Tovar Lodge include top left to right the Isis Temple and to the right foreground is the flat topped Cheops Pyramid. The texture effect was added after the photograph was made.
Photograph copyright Jon Burch Photography
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April 11th, 2014
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