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Four-part geologic diagram depicts the creation over time of Independence Monument (l-r):

Four-part geologic diagram depicts the creation over time of Independence Monument (l-r):

1) a massive rock wall between Monument and Wedding Canyons; 2) slowly, as the forces of erosion enlarged these canyons, the dividing wall was narrowed and weakened; 3) weathering and erosion proceeded more rapidly in places where the rock was most vulnerable along natural fractures where, eventually, the wall was breached and parts of it collapsed; 4) today, a remnant of the once solid rock wall survives as Independence Monument, a free-standing monolith.

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U.S. National Park Service

Project=Folder; Art_Registration_No=PUB-0020 ; Reflective Art

Government owns art and all reproduction rights.

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Geology, (HFC ArtTheme)
, Pen and ink on Mylar, (HFC ArtMedium)

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Colorado National Monument, Code: COLM

Colorado National Monument, Mesa County, Colorado
Latitude: 39.0503997802734, Longitude: -108.692001342773

Image Management System : IMS 07212

HFC Commissioned Art Collection

20190904

01/01/1989 - 12/30/1989

Image_Size=11-3/8" x 3-5/16; Count:2/2; Colorado National Monument park brochure

MC A2

Public Can View

Strain, Celia

Organization: Harpers Ferry Center
Address: Harpers Ferry Center, 67 Mather Place, Harpers Ferry, WV, 25425, 304-535-5050

Monday, October 7, 2019 2:45:42 PM

Monday, October 7, 2019 2:45:42 PM

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