Monumental in Scope

by Rudolf Volkmann

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Monumental in Scope

Artist

Rudolf Volkmann

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Photograph - Fine Art America Photography

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The scene of a Cadillac plunging into the Colorado River in the movie 'Thelma and Louise" was taken at this location. In the first try, the Cadillac plunged directly along the rock into the river. In the second try, the cadillac was filled with concrete which resulted in a long curved beautiful plunge.

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Canyonlands National Park is an American national park located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab. The park preserves a colorful landscape eroded into numerous canyons, mesas, and buttes by the Colorado River, the Green River, and their respective tributaries. Legislation creating the park was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on September 12, 1964.
The park is divided into four districts: the Island in the Sky, the Needles, the Maze, and the combined rivers—the Green and Colorado—which carved two large canyons into the Colorado Plateau. While these areas share a primitive desert atmosphere, each retains its own character. Author Edward Abbey, a frequent visitor, described the Canyonlands as "the most weird, wonderful, magical place on earth—there is nothing else like it anywhere." Wikipedia

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February 20th, 2020

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