Lighting the Abyss - a photo on Flickriver

Lighting the Abyss

            Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado

The Gunnison River, a tributary of the Colorado River, has a section of gorge that is extremely deep and very narrow with impressively sheer walls carved into Precambrian basement rock.  It is said that certain parts of the gorge receive direct sun light for only a half hour a day, hence the name "Black Canyon".

This section of the canyon near the Painted Wall was being lit by the setting sun.  The light colored streaks of  rock in the canyon walls are pegmatite, a volcanic intrusion also from Precambrian times.

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

Taken on: September 24, 2018

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, f/11.0, 0.5 sec, 56mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Lens:	EF24-105mm f/4L IS II USM
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.5
Focal Length:	56mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 8.0 (Macintosh)
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