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Willbily t1_j2mlh1t wrote

Reply to comment by rex_swiss in Moab, UT [OC] [3024x4032] by millenniosaurus

Twice as high in elevation above sea level*

Porcupine Rim Lookout (pictured) is 7360’, the road immediately below it is ‘6000. Thats a 1200’ prominence which is a typical Western North Carolina prominence.

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rex_swiss t1_j2ofix5 wrote

From Porcupine Rim you're looking down 1300' to head of Castle Valley, and up over 5000' to the top of the La Sal range. There's no where in the east with that kind of "verticality" view. I'll admit a landscape or panorama shot from here would have been much more inclusive of the incredible change in geography and geology, with Alpine mountains in front of you and deserts, mesas, buttes and a major river canyon around to your left. Driving the La Sal mountain loop road from Moab is one incredible geographic journey.

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Willbily t1_j3ef71c wrote

Thank you for the clarification. That’s incredible!

But not twice as high as everything in the east. There are a few exceptions

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