Fantastic City of Rocks near Oakley, Idaho

Описание: Join us on a picture slideshow through the fantastic City of Rocks National Reserve in Southern Idaho. It is widely known for its excellent rock climbing and unique rock formations.

According to Wikipedia, California Trail wagon trains of the 1840s and 1850s left the Raft River valley and traveled through the area and over Granite Pass into Nevada. The City of Rocks marked roughly half way to California for the emigrants and their loaded wagons. Names or initials of emigrants written in axle grease are still visible on Register Rock. Ruts from wagon wheels also can be seen in some of the rocks.

The landscape of City of Rocks has been sculpted from granite that was intruded into the crust during two widely spaced times. The granite that composes most of the spires is part of the 28-million-year-old Almo pluton. However, some of the spires are made of granite that is part of the 2.5 billion year old Green Creek Complex that contains some of the oldest rocks in the western United States. The granite has eroded into a fascinating assortment of shapes.

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This sequence of HDR images was captured with a Samsung Galaxy S5 cell phone camera and edited with Microsoft Movie Maker and Adobe Premier Pro 6.

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