Monument Valley viewed from John Ford Point

Monument Valley is a region of the Colorado Plateau with massive sandstone buttes which can reach 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. The border between Northern Arizona and Southern Utah runs along the upper third of the valley. It is part of the Navajo Nation Reservation and therefore is not a National Park, but is a Tribal Park with different rules. Hiking is very limited.

Monument Valley has been featured in so many movies that the area is what a lot of people think of as the American West. This is due to the famous director John Ford, who used the valley for its iconic buttes as background for a number of his popular Westerns. Hard to imagine then that the valley really is only 5 square miles (13 km) of the great expanse of the American West.

This was shot from "John Ford Point", an elevated projection of rock made famous by the director. To the left is Merrick Butte, in the middle is Elephant Butte and on the right elements which form "The North Window".

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Taken in: United States / Arizona / Oljato-Monument Valley (show map)

Taken on: September 26, 2018

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Camera: Nikon D7200, f/22.0, 1/15 sec, 18mm (=27mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7200
Lens:	18.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-6.3
Aperture:	f/22.0
Exposure Time:	0.067 sec (1/15)
Focal Length:	18mm (35mm equivalent: 27mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	GIMP 2.10.10
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