Cedar Breaks, Utah, USA, 1:50000

Nature is our reference for color, and there's a vibrant orange-pink glow that emerges from Cedar Breaks at sunset that must be seen to be believed - its as unimaginably colorful as the blue of Crater Lake. Often overlooked because of nearby Zion National Park, Cedar Breaks has been a National Monument since FDR signed it into being in 1933, and the land has held meaning to Native Americans for thousands of years. This 3D printed terrain model was built from recently-released laser-scan data and carefully retouched aerial photography, though it'll never take the place of the real thing. But you don't have room in your house for the real thing, do you?

Model scale is 1:50000
Model measures 4.9" x 5.9" x 1.05" (12.4 x 15 x 2.7 cm)
Original area is approximately 3.8 by 4.7 miles
Altitudes covered: 7776' to 10718'
There is no vertical exaggeration applied to this model. This is a true-to-life scale model of a real place.

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TinyMtn models are most affordable in the "Sandstone" and "White Natural Versatile Plastic" materials. This model is in "Sandstone," which is a glued gypsum material. When you receive the model it will be ready for display, though it may smell funny and need some time to air out. "Sandstone" models are much more brittle than "Versatile Plastic" models, but feel more like light stone. Do not soak it in water, though you can safely seal it with Polycrylic or a similar water-based clear spray sealant. Read more about this popular material here.

All TinyMtn models have hollow bottoms - this is to save on weight, and thus cost. Many larger models also have extra flanges on their undersides to increase rigidity and strength. To make the model more solid, you should feel free to carefully pour resin into the bottom cavity, or glue a properly-sized slab of wood or another material into it.

These models have been optimized for the above materials, and are not offered in other materials for strength or cost reasons. If you need one in another material, please tinymtnbiz@gmail.com and we'll do our best to fulfill your request.

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Model created using GDAL, NetPBM, Gmsh, Carve, MeshLab, and other custom software
Source of digital elevation and aerial orthoimagery data: U.S. Geological Survey
The USGS home page is https://www.usgs.gov/