Death Valley National Park Artist's Drive 1 is a piece of digital artwork by Eva Kaufman which was uploaded on June 5th, 2012.
Death Valley National Park Artist's Drive 1
Artist's Drive: A scenic loop drive through multi-hued olcanic and sedimentary hills.These colors are caused by the oxidation of different metals... more
by Eva Kaufman
Title
Death Valley National Park Artist's Drive 1
Artist
Eva Kaufman
Medium
Digital Art - Photographs, Digital Art, Painting
Description
Artist's Drive: A scenic loop drive through multi-hued olcanic and sedimentary hills.These colors are caused by the oxidation of different metals (red, pink and yellow is from iron salts, green is from decomposing tuff-derived mica, and manganese produces the purple). Called the Artist Drive Formation, the rock unit provides evidence for one of the Death Valley area's most violently explosive volcanic periods. The Miocene-aged formation is made up of cemented gravel, playa deposits, and much volcanic debris, perhaps 5,000 feet (1500 m) thick. Chemical weathering and hydrothermal alteration are also responsible for the variety of colors displayed in the Artist Drive Formation and nearby exposures of the Furnace Creek Formation. (Wikipedia)
Uploaded
June 5th, 2012
