"The Fallen"
Zinc Etching
5 " x 7"
Rives BFK Paper
Printed in Carbon Black
"The Old Man of the Mountain" was a distinctive rock formation on Mt.
Cannon in the Franconia Notch gateway to northern New Hampshire. From
the right view, this unique rock formation -- comprised of five layers
of Conway red granite -- depicted the distinct profile of an elderly man
gazing eastward. Geographers believe that the layers of granite were formed
by the melting and slipping away action of an ice sheet that covered the
Franconia Mountains at the end of the glacial period 2,000 to 10,000 years
ago. Until it crumbled in early 2003, the formation measured over 40 feet
high with a lateral distance of 25 feet. "
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Copyright Robert Viana © 1997-2007.
