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Smoke Signal

            While clouds flare overhead, a large fragment of cap-rock rests alongside the trail and looks conspicuously out of place amongst the deeper red of the mudstones, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Colorado. 

Visiting this Monument was a prime objective of our recent Thanksgiving road-trip to the Southwestern part of the State. Abandoned cliff-dwellings and watchtowers blend in remarkably well with the landscape, being built from the native materials at hand, and my wife and boys and I were thoroughly engrossed while searching for them and imagining their creators out-loud, along with the way of life that existed here. Say what you will about America these days (and whatever it is, it would probably be accurate), but the fact that public land like this exists and anyone can go explore is largely due to Teddy Roosevelt's leadership. A vision like that, gifted to future generations as it was, still makes me proud to be an American today.

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

Taken on: November 23, 2020

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Camera: Nikon Z 6, f/11.0, 1/200 sec, 14mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon Z 6
Lens:	NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	14mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 10.1.1 (Macintosh)
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