William H. Bell (American, 1830–1910)
The "Vermillion Cliff," a typical plateau edge, as seen from Jacobs Pool, Arizona. From its top a plateau stretches to the right, and from its base another to the left. Their difference of level is 1.500 feet, and the step is too steep for scaling, No. 15 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
1872
Documenting the dramatic topography of the Arizona Territory, this survey photograph illustrates the concept of plateau geology through the imposing Vermillion Cliff, which creates an unscalable 1,500-foot vertical step between two distinct land levels.
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More by William H. Bell (American, 1830–1910)
The northern wall of the Grand Cañon of the Colorado, near the foot of To-ro-weap valley. The rounded rocks of the foreground are sand-stone, No. 14 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
1872
Marble Cañon, one of the gorges of the Colorado here, 1.200 feet deep. The steep cliff is gray limestone and the slope below a brilliant red sandstone, No. 13 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
1872
View in the Grand Cañon of the Colorado River, No. 12 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
1872
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