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4,474 megapixels! A very high resolution, large-format VAST photo print of Spruce Tree House; photograph created by John Freeman in Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
4,474 megapixels! A very high resolution, large-format VAST photo print of Spruce Tree House; photograph created by John Freeman in Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
4,474 megapixels! A very high resolution, large-format VAST photo print of Spruce Tree House; photograph created by John Freeman in Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
4,474 megapixels! A very high resolution, large-format VAST photo print of Spruce Tree House; photograph created by John Freeman in Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
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Spruce Tree House

4,474 MEGAPIXELS

4,474 megapixels! A very high resolution, large-format VAST photo print of Spruce Tree House; photograph created by John Freeman in Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.

This photo is 21,200% higher resolution than a typical photo.

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Spruce Tree House

4,474 MEGAPIXEL VAST PHOTO

This photo is
21,200% higher resolution
than a typical photo.

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Spruce Tree House

4,474 MEGAPIXEL VAST PHOTO
Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

For several years I had wanted to photograph wall murals of the cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde. Spruce Tree House, the third largest cliff dwelling (Cliff Palace and Long House are larger), was constructed between about 1211 and 1278 CE by the ancestors of the Pueblo peoples of the Southwest. The dwelling contains about 130 rooms and 8 kivas (kee-vahs), or ceremonial chambers, built into a natural alcove measuring 216 feet (66 meters) at greatest width and 89 feet (27 meters) at its greatest depth. It is thought to have been home for about 60 to 80 people. The cliff dwelling was first discovered in 1888, when two local ranchers chanced upon it while searching for stray cattle. Today, it is known as one of the best preserved cliff dwellings in the park. Due to the protection of the alcove, 90% of the material you see such as walls, wood, and plaster are original.

Normally open to the public, in August 2015, a rock fall at Spruce Tree House cliff dwelling prompted park officials to close the site for visitor safety until an analysis and hazard assessment could be conducted. After that initial evaluation was completed in September 2015, it was decided that the entire site should be closed to the public in October 2015. The incredible resolution of this photo allows the viewer to again experience some of what it was like to be able to walk amongst the ruins.

This is an focus bracketed/stacked & stitched image and it is made up of 2651 images with many of the images being Focus Bracketed images processed to yield 255 individual Focus Stacked images, 15 rows x 17 columns

Date & TimeOctober 7, 2023:  4:30pm to 5:00pm
LocationChapin Mesa Archeological Museum, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Coordinates37.184129, -108.488115
Focal Length600mm
Aperturef/11
Shutter1/640
ISO400
Num of Exposures2651

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4,474 megapixels! A very high resolution, large-format VAST photo print of Spruce Tree House; photograph created by John Freeman in Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
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Designed to meet the most demanding standards for color-permanence set by leading museums

Handmade by certified master printmakers with over 4 decades of experience

Hand-signed by the artist and accompanied by our digitally-enhanced, holographic certificate of authenticity

Optionally accompanied by your choice of elegant floater frame available in a variety of trims

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