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Ship Rock, the Rock With Wings

January 11, 2018  •  Leave a Comment

2018_NM-8-Pano2018_NM-8-PanoShip Rock, Navajo Nation, New Mexico. I drove down into northwestern New Mexico to photograph Ship Rock. It's west of the town that bears its name, Shiprock.

The Ship Rock is the weathered remnant of a volcanic plug -- the magma that cooled to rock while in the throat of the volcano as it was dying. Afterward the volcano eroded away, and here we are looking at what was inside.

The site is on Navajo Nation land. This image was taken from the public highway, as I have no desire to intrude upon private Navajo property for the sake of a photo.

The Navajo call Ship Rock "the rock with wings".

© Copyright 2018 Stephen J. Krieg

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