Some fifty miles from where I live, the land sharply drops off 1,500 feet to the Rio Grande valley below. It is an unexpected — and breathtaking — view when one crests the incline and the entire landscape opens up, filling our vision. Since the tectonic collision that forced the mountains upward suggests a weakness in the Earth’s crust at that point, it is possible that a massive earthquake in the west of the country would create a fracture; effectively splitting the continent in two and recreating — once again — the vast central ocean.
The original size is 12” x 19”
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