By: callanbentley
Image: CB/MAGIC
License: Creative Commons Non Commercial ⧉

Uploaded: 3 Apr 2020
Last Updated: 3 Apr 2020

937 megapixels
31,308 x 29,920 pixels
104.4 in X 99.7 in at 300dpi
4,301 pixels per inch

The Massanutten Sandstone is a Silurian-aged quartz arenite that crops out in the center of the greater Shenandoah Valley. It is resistant to erosion, and holds up the ridges of the Massanutten mountain system. To explore the outcrop this was collected from, click here: http://gigapan.com/gigapans/113759 Image made as part of the MAGIC project (Mid-Atlantic Geo-Imagery Collection) using Northern Virginia Community College's gigamacro rig, as seen here: http://gigamacro.com/gigapixel-macro-imaging-system/