At the geologic center of the massive Monument Upward which stretches from the confluence of the Colorado and Green Rivers in the north to Kayenta, Arizona in the south, Cedar Mesa is a high plateau dissected by countless deep sandstone canyons. At an elevation of 6,500 feet, Cedar Mesa provided excellent hunting grounds and an escape from the desert heat for the Ancestral Puebloan culture which flourished here during Europe's Dark Ages. Countless ruins occupy sheltered locations in every major canyon on Cedar Mesa with many yet undiscovered. The sandstone overhang above this ruin is said to resemble the billowy underside of a towering thunderhead. This black & white vertical photograph was captured with a 6x7 format camera. All photos in these fine art photo galleries may be ordered as fine art black & white framed prints or for B&W stock photography usage.