The King on His Throne (Another Angle), Monument Valley, Navajo Nation, Utah 2022

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Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, meaning valley of the rocks) is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. It is located on the Utah-Arizona state line near the Four Corners area. The valley is a sacred area that lies within the territory of the Navajo Nation Reservation, the Native American people of the area. Monument Valley has been featured in many forms of media since the 1930s. Director John Ford used the location for a number of his Westerns; critic Keith Phipps wrote that "its five square miles [13 square kilometers] have defined what decades of moviegoers think of when they imagine the American West." The elevation of the valley floor ranges from 5,000 to 6,000 feet (1,500 to 1,800 m) above sea level. The floor is largely siltstone of the Cutler Group, or sand derived from it, deposited by the meandering rivers that carved the valley. The valley's vivid red color comes from iron oxide exposed in the weathered siltstone. The darker, blue-gray rocks in the valley get their color from manganese oxide.
Most of the monuments have descriptive English names, said to have been given to them by the pioneers that passed here on their way to points further west. In this case the butte is named The King on His Throne, especially appropriate when it is seen (or photographed) from farther away.
Additional information on Monument Valley may be obtained at Wikipedia.

Taken in: United States / Utah / Goulding (show map)

Taken on: May 23, 2022

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Camera: Nikon D800, f/8.0, 1/160 sec, 200mm (=300mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800
Lens:	200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	200mm (35mm equivalent: 300mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	+1 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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