Closer up...

That IS a curious rock formation Jerry.

Personally, I always spend a good amount of time observing and analyzing, any formation that has an obvious pointer on it.

Best,

Jim

GE and Photos:

Even photos you may have taken can be deceiving. The original photo I took of this formation (from far away) was more intriguing than the ones shown below. I recently was able to get back up there to take this photo which shows it being more a natural formation – it looked more man-made in the first photo I took of it.

Even so, I have not yet been able to get to this formation for a close-up look; planning on doing so, hopefully, within the next two or three weeks. It will take more than an overnight trip. I still find it interesting because of all the chaos around it…

Hi javaone,
Wow ! That is really a cool pic. Your right, lots of busy "choas" stuff going on there. I know what you mean by deceiving pics, I've had my share. I wonder what the depth of the top horizontal pillar is. At first glance it strikes me like an "Alter" of some sorts.I see a few carvings there as well. I bet you are excited to head back in.
Best, Treasurehntr ...........

Hi Jerry,

I got your email and I think I see what the problem is. Would you mind going to your photo bucket account and resizing your photos to 640X480 DPI so they do not increase the width of the page here, causing everyone to scroll back and forth side to side to read the text in your messages?

Thanks,

Jim

P.S. It was nice meeting you at Clay's lecture!

Hi Jerry:
That does look like something worth the effort of getting to.Even if not something man-made,a surface like that may have been chosen for use as a message board.
Being horizontal,unlike the tilted layers evident above,may mean that the block-like area is of older rock.An ideal place to look for areas of altered mineralization,I would think.

Have fun.
And be careful.
Regards:Wayne

Thanks Guys,

Yeah, that’s why it caught my eye – it’s so odd. There are a few interesting things in this area and, of course, none easy to get to. No water in the area yet either.

Jerry

Here is the first photo of this strata formation I took some time ago. It is a cropping of a very large landscape photo. If you look closely, you can see another layer or two of the strata...

Hey djui,

I was planning a hike up to Horse Mesa in the next week or two. Any chance I could get the GPS or approximate area of the stone marker you saw up there. I could photo it and send you a copy.

Thanks Rex.