Proterozoic schists

Photograph by Jim Kocher.

Photography contest, Honorable Mention.

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Painted Wall – Black Canyon of the Gunnison River, Montrose, Colorado, May, 1999; Kodachrome 64. Proterozoic schists intruded by pegmatite dikes (~1.25 Ga). Vertical relief is ~2,200 ft.