Copyright: Christiane Schulze
Big enough to be overwhelming, still intimate enough to feel the pulse of time, Black Canyon of the Gunnison exposes you to some of the steepest cliffs, oldest rock, and craggiest spires in North America. With two million years to work, the Gunnison River, along with the forces of weathering, has sculpted this vertical wilderness of rock, water, and sky.
The Black Canyon is a deep gorge through which the Gunnison River flows. It is so narrow that only very little sunlight reaches the bottom, which makes the walls appear dark to black, giving the canyon its name. At the Chasm Overlook viewpoint it reaches a depth of 555 m with only 345 m between the edges of the canyon. In the canyon the Gunnison River has an average gradient of 1.8 percent. However, in the 3200 m section between Pulpit Rock and Chasm View the gradient is 5 percent. From the edge of the canyon you can hear the roar of the greyish-green water of the Gunnison River shooting through the canyon. The river buries itself about three centimeters per century further.
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Christiane W. Schulze was born in Dortmund / Germany
From 2003 - 2007 she studied Art.
Since 2007..
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