The Boston Herald reported that Scalia had made an obscene gesture. Scalia responded with a scathing letter to the editor, accusing the newspaper staff of watching too many episodes of The Sopranos. He said the gesture wasn't obscene, but dismissive.
Monument Valley has been eroding for the last 50 million years. Once this area was a flat plateau of sandstone layered with shale. As the Colorado Plateau rose, vertical faults were formed and the plateaus slide upwards from each other. The faulting exposed the lower levels of shale to erosion.
Thanks to Ford, Monument Valley is one of the most familiar landscapes in the United States, yet it remains largely unknown. âWhite people recognize the valley from the movies, but thatâs the extent of it,â says Martin Begaye, program manager for the Navajo Parks and Recreation Department.