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Chimney Rocks

            These are the so-called Chimney Rocks of the Chimney Rocks National Monument near Durango, Colorado.

The guide who took us through this part of the park told us that archeologists have so far found no evidence that women ever lived here. Several features of the park and the surrounding area suggest, at least to me, that this may have been a kind of observatory.

There were adjoining structures outside the boundaries of the park that the builders positioned in a way that the rising sun shone on them through the space between the rocks only on the day of the summer solstice. In addition, there were places in the area from which the occupants could signal people at Chaco Canyon, around seventy miles (110 km) away. Scientists have tried that and found it's possible, even with the hazy modern atmosphere.

Bottom line, the place is kind of a mystery to just about everybody.

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Taken in: United States / Colorado / Archuleta (show map)

Taken on: May 23, 2018

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/11.0, 1/400 sec, 70mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Lens:	24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	70mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 8.1 (Macintosh)
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