Echo Canyon Trail, Chiricahua National Monument, Willcox, AZ : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Echo Canyon Trail, Chiricahua National Monument, Willcox, AZ / w_lemay
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Established in 1924, Chiricahua National Monument is located in the Chiricahua Mountains near Willcox, Arizona, and contains a significant number of hoodoos, balancing rocks, rock formations, and rich natural habitats. The landscape within the monument was created by a volcanic eruption at Turkey Creek Caldera 27 million years ago, which deposited ash that formed into rhyolitic tuff, which eroded over the eons into the rock formations seen today. The monument was expanded in 1938 to encompass additional portions of the Chiricahua Mountains, and today, contains preserved natural habitats for many species of desert flora and fauna, trails that allow visitors to traverse the rock formations and mountains within the monument, and the historic Faraway Ranch, built in 1887 by Swedish immigrants Neil Erickson and Emma Sophia Peterson at the bottom of Bonita Canyon, located at the entrance to the monument. Chiricahua National Monument today sees approximately 60,000 visitors, and has been the subject of several proposals to re-designate it as a National Park. |
| 撮影日 | 2023-12-27 13:27:12 |
| 撮影者 | w_lemay , Chicago, IL, United States |
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| 撮影地 | Hilltop, Arizona, United States 地図 |