Keywords: The Maroon Bells twin-peak formation reflects in Maroon Lake, just outside Aspen in Colorado's Rocky Mountains LCCN2015633834.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes This view and others like it are among the most famous scenes in Colorado and reputed to be the most-photographed spot in Colorado The bells as passing pioneers named them are composed of somewhat unstable metamorphic sedimentary mudstone giving them their maroon appearance in certain light that hardened into rock over millions of years ; Forms part of Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 068 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015633834 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/33800/33818a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 33818 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 33818 39 5 9 0 N 106 56 55 0 W alt 2932 644_source exif_heading PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Maroon Bells Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith |