Circle of Painted Cliffs

by Donna Kennedy

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Circle of Painted Cliffs

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Donna Kennedy

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Photograph - Photography

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Original Fine Art Photography by Donna Kennedy…
Photographed at Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah

Situated at an elevation of 10,350 feet, Cedar Breaks is shaped like a giant coliseum dropping 2,000 feet to its floor. Cedar Breaks resembles a miniature Bryce Canyon. Some visitors say its brilliant colors even surpass Bryce. The Native Americans called Cedar Breaks the "Circle of Painted Cliffs." Millions of years of uplift and erosion have carved this huge amphitheater. Deep inside the coliseum are stone spires, columns, arches, pinnacles, and intricate canyons in varying shades of red, yellow and purple. The bristlecone pine, one of the world's oldest trees, grows in the area and can be found along the Spectra Point Trail. The Dixie National Forest surrounds Cedar Breaks providing lush alpine meadows clustered with ponderosa pines and quaking aspens. During the summer months, the wildflower display is spectacular.
Franklin D. Roosevelt set aside this natural half-mile deep amphitheater in 1933 for it's spectacular cliffs, canyons and features of scenic, scientific, and educational interest.

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