Palo Duro Canyon #1

by Janette Boyd

Title

Palo Duro Canyon #1

Artist

Janette Boyd

Medium

Photograph - Photograph

Description

Photo of Palo Duro Canyon State Park near Canyon, Texas. A multiuse, six-mile round trip loop trail is dedicated to the formation, as seen in this photo. T

Palo Duro Canyon is a canyon system of the Caprock Escarpment located in the Texas Panhandle near the city of Amarillo, Texas, United States. As the second largest canyon in the United States, it is roughly 60 mi (97 km) long and has an average width of 6 mi (9.7 km), but reaches a width of 20 mi (32 km) at places. Its depth is around 820 ft (250 m), but in some locations it can increase up to 997 ft (304 m). Palo Duro Canyon (from the Spanish meaning "hard wood") has been named "The Grand Canyon of Texas" both for its size and for its dramatic geological features, including the multicolored layers of rock called,, "Spanish Skirts" and steep mesa walls similar to those in the Grand Canyon.

The canyon was formed by the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River, which initially winds along the level surface of the Llano Estacado of West Texas, then suddenly and dramatically runs off the Caprock Escarpment. Water erosion over the millennia has shaped the canyon's geological formations.
Notable canyon formations include caves and hoodoos. One of the best known and the major signature feature of the canyon is the Lighthouse Peak.

The painter Georgia O'Keeffe, who lived in nearby Amarillo and Canyon early in the 20th century, wrote of the Palo Duro: "It is a burning, seething cauldron, filled with dramatic light and color."

Uploaded

November 19th, 2013

Statistics

Viewed 292 Times  -  Last Visitor from New York, NY on 04/17/2024 at 5:08 PM

Colors

Embed

Share

Sales Sheet

Tags