Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
by Bob and Nancy Kendrick
Title
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
Artist
Bob and Nancy Kendrick
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A view of the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument. This view is one seen near the beginning of both the Cave and Canyon trails. The sight of these rock formations is really something, and makes one think of the amazing forces that created them. More free-standing tent rocks are seen further up the trail, and are the subject of more frequently seen photos.
The cone-shaped tent rock formations are the products of volcanic eruptions that occurred 6 to 7 million years ago and left pumice, ash, and tuff deposits over 1,000 feet thick. Tremendous explosions from the Jemez volcanic field spewed pyroclasts (rock fragments), while searing hot gases blasted down slopes in an incandescent avalanche called a “pyroclastic flow.”
Precariously perched on many of the tapering hoodoos are boulder caps that protect the softer pumice and tuff below. Some tents have lost their hard, resistant caprocks, and are disintegrating. While fairly uniform in shape, the tent rock formations vary in height from a few feet up to 90 feet.
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November 19th, 2015
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