De Na Zin wilderness sunset
by Kunal Mehra
Title
De Na Zin wilderness sunset
Artist
Kunal Mehra
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
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Sunset in the De Na Zin wilderness in New Mexico's Bisti Badlands area.
As hard as it might be to imagine, this area once used to be adjacent to an ocean that covered much of what is now referred to as New Mexico. Over time - millions of years - volcanic activity and subsequent erosion by a river carved out these other-worldly formations referred to as hoodoos.
Prehistoric animals used to inhabit this place. In fact, the Navajo word for this wilderness - De Na Zin - can be translated into English as "standing crane". Can you imagine cranes moving through swamps on this landscape?
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May 22nd, 2018
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