relief, 2016

by Adam Jarvi

Digital Print

Dramatic topography is typically the result of geologic forces that occurred in the distant past. The landscape of Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range is one of the few places between the coasts where one can find localized elevation changes of the magnitude seen here…and it is all man-made. It is also constantly changing, so much so that the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) does not even attempt to show this landscape on topographical maps. Areas of mining activity in Minnesota – like the nearly 1,000 feet of relief seen here – are simply left as blank spots on USGS maps.

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