El Capitan
Navajo Nation
Rising 1500 feet above the surrounding terrain, this imposing volcanic plug, a diatreme of an unusual igneous rock called minette, is one the most prominent in Navajo country. Photo © copyright by Robert Faucher.
Rising 1500 feet above the surrounding terrain, this imposing volcanic plug, a diatreme of an unusual igneous rock called minette, is one the most prominent in Navajo country. Photo © copyright by Robert Faucher.