Monolithic Stone Spire

Within Kodachrome Basin State Park there are over 60 of these monoliths (sedimentary pipes) rising up from the ground. Geologists speculate that some violent force injected material into cracks and fissures that then solidified. Eventually, over a long period of time erosion ate away the softer material encasing the structures.

This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera and KOWA 1:3.5/150mm lens with a Zenza Bronica 67mm SO456•2C(Y3) filter using Adox CHS 100 II film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitalized using Photoshop.