Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison, Colorado

Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison, Colorado

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Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison, Colorado

Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison, Colorado

Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, Colorado

 

This is a picture taken one afternoon at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Red Rocks Park near Morrison, Colorado. We are near the top of Red Rocks Amphitheater looking to the northeast. Denver is in the distance. Red Rocks Amphitheater seats over 9,000 and the acoustics are great for outdoor venues.

Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison, Colorado

Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, Colorado

 

 

 

 

This huge monolith is located on the north side of Red Rocks Amphitheater What you are looking at is 300-million year old sandstone, shale and conglomerate deposited during the Pennsylvanian and Permian eras.

 

 

 

 

Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison, Colorado

Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, Colorado

 

 

This is a view of the sandstone monolith on the south side of Red Rocks Amphitheater You can see the various bands of sandstone, shale and conglomerates deposited around 300-million years ago then pushed up or "uplifted" to this 45-degree angle during the formation of the present day Rocky Mountains.

Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison, Colorado

Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, Colorado

 

 

 

This picture is looking across Red Rocks Amphitheater somewhere near the bottom..

 

 

 

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