Shiprock, New Mexico
As we were driving along the freeway I could see this mountain in the distance. I took photos from the car, even though the lighting wasn’t the best, I hope you can get a feel for it as I did. It definitely peaked my curiosity because it is a very flat area, except for this rock that sticks up out of the desert.
According to Wikipedia; the name Shiprock gets it’s name from the peak’s resemblance of an enormous 19th-century clipper ship. It is in the Navajo Nation and plays an important role in their religion, myth, and tradition. It is located in the center of the area occupied by the Ancient Pueblo People, a prehistoric Native American culture of the Southwest United States often referred to as the Anasazi.
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