Arkansas River Afternoon

by Norma Brandsberg

Title

Arkansas River Afternoon

Artist

Norma Brandsberg

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Photograph - Photograph

Description

The Royal Gorge, a canyon of the Arkansas River located west of Cañon City, Colorado. is one of the deepest canyons in Colorado. Known as the Grand Canyon of the Arkansas River with a maximum depth of 1,250 ft (380 m). The canyon is also very narrow, measuring from 50 ft (15 m) wide at its base to 300 ft (91 m) wide at its top, as it carves a path through the granite formations below Fremont Peak and YMCA Mountain.

The path of the Arkansas River was already set when the granite uplift that would eventually form the Rocky Mountains began. About 3 million years ago as the mountains began to rise from the surrounding plains, the Arkansas River—then only a small stream—began to wear away at the stone it flowed across. Scientists estimate that the mountains surrounding the canyon rose at a rate of approximately one foot every 2500 years. Over the millennia, this small stream grew, cutting a deep channel for itself through the surrounding granite. The gorge's peculiar shape, contrasted to broad canyons such as the Grand Canyon, can be attributed to this long, direct erosion through hard rock.

In 1929 Cañon City authorized the building of the Royal Gorge Bridge, which at 955 feet (291 m) above the river held the record of highest bridge in the world from 1929 to 2001. The bridge is the centerpiece of Royal Gorge Bridge and Park and if a photography wonder. Your trip here isn't complete without a professional photograph to hang on your walls to remember this stunning area.

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April 25th, 2019

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