Shallow Thoughts : tags : petroglyph

Akkana's Musings on Open Source Computing and Technology, Science, and Nature.

Sat, 20 Jun 2020

Solstice Sun Dagger

Today is the summer solstice. Happy solstice!

[Solstice sun dagger] When I was in grade school -- probably some time around 7th grade -- I happened upon an article in Scientific American about the Anasazi Sun Dagger on Fajada Butte in Chaco Canyon. On the solstices and equinoxes, a thin dagger of light is positioned just right so that it moves across a spiral that's carved into the rock.

I was captivated. What an amazing sight it must be, I thought. I wondered if ordinary people were allowed to go see it.

Well, by the time I was old enough to do my own traveling, the answer was pretty much no. Too many people were visiting Fajada Butte ...

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Sat, 27 Sep 2014

Petroglyphs, ancient and modern

In the canyons below White Rock there are many wonderful petroglyphs, some dating back many centuries, like this jaguar: [jaguar petroglyph in White Rock Canyon]

as well as collections like these:
[pictographs] [petroglyph collection]

Of course, to see them you have to negotiate a trail down the basalt cliff face. [Red Dot trail]

Up the hill in Los Alamos there are petroglyphs too, on trails that are a bit more accessible ... but I suspect they're not nearly so old. [petroglyph face]

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