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Location: Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Northern New Mexico
Equipment: Canon EOS 1dS | 17-40 L | B&W Slim CP
Specifications: 17-40 at 34mm -- ISO100 -- 3.2 seconds @ F22

Chaco Canyon's Fajada Butte is complimented by early morning sunrise light and desert playa. This immense piece of tenth century sandstone, which towers 442 feet above the canyon ground was used by the early Chacoan people as a figure to read the harvesting/ planting seasons and record time's passage.

"The top of the butte is the site of the famous Sun Dagger. Fajada Butte contains the well-known three slabs and spiral petroglyphs which mark the cycles of both sun and moon.Three large stone slabs weighing thousands of pounds were precisely positioned by the Anasazi against a rock wall in such a way as to project beams of light in precise patterns onto a pair of petroglyphs during solstices and equinoxes." - Paragraphs Source, Colorado.Edu

Description
Location: Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Northern New Mexico
Equipment: Canon EOS 1dS | 17-40 L | B&W Slim CP
Specifications: 17-40 at 34mm -- ISO100 -- 3.2 seconds @ F22

Chaco Canyon's Fajada Butte is complimented by early morning sunrise light and desert playa. This immense piece of tenth century sandstone, which towers 442 feet above the canyon ground was used by the early Chacoan people as a figure to read the harvesting/ planting seasons and record time's passage.

"The top of the butte is the site of the famous Sun Dagger. Fajada Butte contains the well-known three slabs and spiral petroglyphs which mark the cycles of both sun and moon.Three large stone slabs weighing thousands of pounds were precisely positioned by the Anasazi against a rock wall in such a way as to project beams of light in precise patterns onto a pair of petroglyphs during solstices and equinoxes." - Paragraphs Source, Colorado.Edu