A monochrome photo.
Two Great Horned Owls silhouetted against a predawn sky.
The top cross timber on the power pole is almost along the line of sight, tilted slightly down to the right. A glass insulator sits at the end of each where the wires that run across the frame are anchored.
A short metal strut can be seen anchoring the cross timber from it's mid point to the left, and diagonally down to the main pole.
One owl sits atop the main pole, sitting higher up than the cross timber. It appears to be looking straight down at the ground, to the right. The other owl is on the far end of the cross timber next to the insulator and wore at the end. It is staring off directly to the right.
The background is out of focus and has dark, and slightly lighter contours suggesting hillsides.
The sky appears light, but featureless before dawn.
A color photo looking downward onto heavily weathered rock with fissures in it with light borders and deep darker cracks like a river map.
Most of the rock face is a dull reddish grey to darker, dull charcoal color.
In the center of the image, and obvious on the rock face is the simple figure with a large circular outline of a head with two large roughly roundish eyes. Below the large circular head is a small round body with two elongated wavey arms or wings to either side that make the same shapes in reflection of the other. Below the small body is the suggestion of two stubby feet.
It looks like a very simple rendition of a barn owl flying toward you.
But it is pecked into the rock face by probably another piece of rock.
This is a very old petroglyph made by native American ancestors, and is several thousand years old.
At the bottom right corner is some old dried grass, and the rock face behind it has a distinct reddish color, probably from snow interacting with minerals in the rock.
The owl figure looks almost white, from where the person who made it scarred the rock face with their stone. There are many other figures in this area.
I can't let this #SuperbOwl slip by without celebrating Team #Owl!
Here's a couple, the first two are much, much younger than the second one.
The two on an old power pole usually keep me company at my dark sky site while I'm at the telescope. Even their young come visit!
The 2nd though... /🧵 #GHO