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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

… spectacular and remarkable geology to layers of volcanic rock and ash deposited by Pyroclastic flow from a volcanic explosion… All Photos are COPYRIGHT and PROPERTY of Rafal K. Komierowski. May - June 2012

Spectacular forms, geology...located on the Pajarito Plateau, between 5700 and 6400 feet (1737–1951 m) above sea level in the Tent Rocks is a U.S. National Monument established by President Bill Clinton in January 2001 shortly before leaving office...

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is on the southeast side of the Valles and Toledo calderas, large collapse features that formed during voluminous eruptions in the Jemez Mountain volcanic field 1.6 and 1.3 million years ago

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is located approximately 40 miles southwest of Santa Fe and 55 miles northeast of Albuquerque

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is a unit of the BLM s National Landscape Conservation System.

The hoodoos, erosional cones, and pedestal rocks that characterize Tent Rocks form as the result of differential erosion ..

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument lies on the southeastern margin of the Jemez volcanic field, a volcanic system that has been active for the past 15 million years

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument ....it really is a fascinating place, and one that merits a good walkabout

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) managed site

Water and, to a lesser extent, wind erosion preferentially attacks the moderately-indurated sand and ash grains around the base of large blocks in the gravel-rich beds

The volcanically-formed sentinels of Tent Rocks, composed of pumice, ash, and tuff deposits, range from just a few feet tall to nearly 100 feet (30 m) in height

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument ....it really is a fascinating place, and one that merits a good walkabout, please follow my camera (and fascination) observations...

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

The hoodoos, erosional cones, and pedestal rocks that characterize Tent Rocks form as the result of differential erosion ..

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe -hoodoos, a.k.a. tent rocks, are formed from debris spewed from volcanic eruptions that occurred 1.6 and 1.3 million years ago

The hoodoos, erosional cones, and pedestal rocks that characterize Tent Rocks form as the result of differential erosion ..

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

The hoodoos, erosional cones, and pedestal rocks that characterize Tent Rocks form as the result of differential erosion ..

Kasha-Katuwe -hoodoos, a.k.a. tent rocks, are formed from debris spewed from volcanic eruptions that occurred 1.6 and 1.3 million years ago

Kasha-Katuwe -hoodoos, a.k.a. tent rocks, are formed from debris spewed from volcanic eruptions that occurred 1.6 and 1.3 million years ago

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA. The hoodoos, erosional cones, and pedestal rocks that characterize Tent Rocks form as the result of differential erosion ..

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe -hoodoos, a.k.a. tent rocks, are formed from debris spewed from volcanic eruptions that occurred 1.6 and 1.3 million years ago

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is located approximately 40 miles southwest of Santa Fe and 55 miles northeast of Albuquerque

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is located approximately 40 miles southwest of Santa Fe and 55 miles northeast of Albuquerque

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is located approximately 40 miles southwest of Santa Fe and 55 miles northeast of Albuquerque

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Kasha-Katuwe -hoodoos, a.k.a. tent rocks, are formed from debris spewed from volcanic eruptions that occurred 1.6 and 1.3 million years ago