Eagle's Nest in the Petroglyphs — Canvas Print

Somebody carved a bird into this cliff.

The bird is still here.

A stick nest on honeycombed sandstone at White Mountain, north of Rock Springs near the Killpecker dunes.

Golden eagles return to the same nest for generations, adding to it every season. Researchers have linked the thunderbird carvings on these cliffs to aeries still in use — the people who made this rock art were watching birds nest in this same stone. The nest gets heavier every year. The cliff gets lighter: the leading explanation is salt crystallizing inside the sandstone and pushing grains loose, while the hardened outer shell erodes far more slowly, which is what leaves those pockets and undercut lips.

Product features

- Matte-finish cotton/poly canvas stretched over a 1.25" pine frame

- Printed with Greenguard Gold certified latex inks

- Sustainably sourced radiata pine frame

- Back-hanging hardware included; rubber dots on the back corners

- Slight size tolerance of +/- 1/8" due to production

Care instructions

- Dust gently with a dry cloth. For a mark that will not lift, a barely damp cloth, then dry.