Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park I

by Roger Passman

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Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park I

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Roger Passman

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Photograph - Photographic Prints

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Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is a United States National Park located in western Colorado and managed by the National Park Service. There are 3 entrances to the park. The south rim entrance is located 15 miles (24 km) east of Montrose, while the north rim entrance is 11 miles (18 km) south of Crawford and is closed in the winter. The park contains 12 miles (19 km) of the 48-mile (77 km) long canyon of the Gunnison River. The national park itself contains the deepest and most dramatic section of the canyon, but the canyon continues upstream into Curecanti National Recreation Area and downstream into Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area. The canyon's name owes itself to the fact that parts of the gorge only receive 33 minutes of sunlight a day, according to "The Black Canyon of the Gunnison." In the book, Vandenbusche states, "Several canyons of the American West are longer and some are deeper, but none combines the depth, sheerness, narrowness, darkness, and dread of the Black Canyon."(National Park Service)

The canyon is a short drive from Grand Junction in Western Colorado.

Image shot with my iPhone 4s and processed using Photoshop. I added a layer of sky because the foundational image had a pure white sky washed out in the afternoon light.

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October 3rd, 2014

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