1 Crossing the slick rock on our way to the panel. Don's legs and hip tightened up between the Wolfman Panel and this Procession Panel so he only went part of the way. But he took some shots before the other 3 disappeared.
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3 It’s a large canvas, most of which is unreachable. It is located near the crest of Comb Ridge.
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5 The artwork is beautiful and well preserved.
6 This panel has a fine coat of varnish to contrast with the petroglyphs.
7 Busy! How many artists worked on this?
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9 Are the lines of figures going to or from the circle? Experts have counted the figures. Experts do not know what it all means.
10 Are these elk or deer? Something else?
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14 Footprints and hand prints?
15 A Kachina-like figure looks pretty scary.
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22 It’s a remarkable panel containing what appear to be animals, humans, symbols, geometric shapes, monsters, and more.
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32 We retrace our steps to the car and pause to photograph potholes in the slick rock. Thirsty anyone?
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34 Shelter caves, slick rock, lush streamside vegetation, high planes, mesas, and snow-capped mountains in a single view. Oops, nearly forgot the clouds. Add in lots of slick rock canyons, and this certainly sums up, for us, the experience of Bears Ears National Monument (the original Obama version). It should be preserved for the future as a "learning laboratory," not carved up, mined, drilled and harvested for near-term political and economic advantage. How short-sighted can we be?
