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- The look Of The Desert before it gets Very Hot In Here, Seeing The Brown Peak of The 4 Peaks located in The Area, Highway 89 AZ. -
Hailed as Australia’s Grand Canyon, Capertee Valley is geology on a very grand scale. Much like Arizona’s Grand Canyon, Capertee Valley’s sandstone cliffs plunge hundreds of metres and encircle the valley for kilometres upon breathtaking kilometres. However, unlike the Grand Canyon, which sits at a width of 29 kilometres, Capertee Valley is an impressive 30 kilometres wide. Could it be the largest canyon in the world? Sadly, no, as Capertee isn’t as long or deep as the Grand Canyon, but we’ll happily accept the largest canyon in Australia and second-largest canyon in the world titles!
To visit the largest canyon in Australia is certainly a bucket list item for adventurous families. Aside from the spectacular views and sensational rock formations the valley offers, Capertee is home to a wide variety of bird and animal life, has plenty of bushwalking tracks for all fitness levels, is great for family camping, and is also the site of the former mining town, Glen Davis. (ellaslist.com.au)
The valley is classified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it is the most important breeding site for the endangered regent honeyeater. It also supports populations of the painted honeyeater, rockwarbler, swift parrot, plum-headed finch and diamond firetail.
In the US published book Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die, author Chris Santella lists Capertee Valley as one of only two locations in Australia selected in his top 50 world bird watching locations. (Wikipedia)
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This is the view from "birdwatching site #1". We didn't go into the valley, but we didn't have to. The birds, including the beautiful gang-gang cockatoo, came to us in the parking area. There had been heavy rain in the area for the last few days and we could not reach one area because the road was completely flooded. Luckily, we experienced only light drizzle for most of the day.
Capertee Valley, New South Wales, Australia. October 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Eastern Australia.
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
Vast, magnificent and inarguably beautiful, the Grand Canyon is easily Arizona’s most distinguishable landmark – and a natural wonder that you simply have to see to believe. Stretching 277 miles from end to end, steep, rocky walls descend more than a mile to the canyon’s floor, where the wild Colorado River traces a swift course southwest. Rock that dates back 1.8 billion years lies at the bottom. Exactly how the river formed the canyon is still unclear, but geologists generally agree that most of the cutting occurred within the last five million years.
Built by mineralologist (fancy for miner) Lowell Edgerton circa 1919 between Kingman and Oatman as a wayside for weary travelers on Arizona's treacherous Route 66. The original "camp" was a Texaco Fuel Station, cafe, campground, store, and small motel. Long since abandonned, this is what remained as of 2015. The desert is a remarkable time capsule.
Arizona's State bird. Prolific nest builders. Love lining their nests with the dog's hair....
Full frame. No crop. No post processing.
The Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, was the last home for Arizona's Territorial government, until Arizona became a state in 1912. Initially, all three branches of the new state government occupied the four floors of the statehouse. As the state expanded the branches relocated to adjacent buildings and additions. The 1901 portion of the Capitol is now maintained as the Arizona Capitol Museum with a focus on the history and culture of Arizona. The Arizona State Library which occupied most of the 1938 addition until July 2017 re-opened in late 2018 as a part of the Arizona Capitol Museum.
This is one of my favorite trails in Sedona, because there are so many options for compositions. However, many of the red-rock scenes are partially blocked by the surrounding trees and flora, which inspires me to explore angles which are not obviously presented. I have hiked this trail a few times in search of new compositions, and came across this view by accident, after hiking to the top of a small butte, located a short distance off the main trail. From this vantage point, the butte seen here, resembles a fin.
A quartet of Arizona Eastern B40-8s heads West toward Globe, AZ, as a storm brews in the distance above Arizona's barren mountain-scape. Bylas, AZ
Real Life meets Second Life at the Arizona Renaissance Faire.
Red Hat Queen Mari and the Lady Selene at Arizona's Renaissance Faire which ends this weekend.
Enjoy the sounds of Tartanic at RenFaire: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozPktBVC-Tk&feature=related
A trio of Santa Fe Railway C30-7s and a single SD40-2 pull COFC and TOFC intermodal traffic through Cosnino, Arizona the morning of April 3, 1987.
The Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) is one of the least encountered mammals within Arizona. At the same time, it is very common and widespread, spending much of its time high on cliffs at night. It currently holds the title of Arizona's state mammal. If you get the chance to be out camping, night hiking, or just in the right areas; keep your eyes peeled for these cute little critters!
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The many historic settlement sites scattered throughout Arizona's Wupatki National Monument were built by the Ancient Pueblo People. Wupatki was first inhabited around 500 AD.
The Wukoki pueblo ruins, above, is one of the best preserved within Wupatki.
This pueblo rises nearly three full stories. Archaeologists believe that it housed up to three large families. The rocky landscape and arid climate makes it hard to believe that they had been able to farm the surrounding land successfully, but rain had once been more plentiful in the region.
This is the view on the trail to Arizona's highest peak. Snowbowl Ski Area is down there on the right by the cabin.
Yellow seems to be the color of spring in the desert. I'm so happy to have one of Arizona's State trees blooming profusely in my yard. Casa Grande, AZ. April 2022
A lot of bark beetle kill in Arizona's Thompson Canyon. The trees are already stressed from the ongoing drought, making them an easier target for the tiny bark beetle. Some trees are able to stave off the critters, which makes the forest a bit stronger with a higher percentage of resistant trees.
About less than an hour's drive east of Phoenix Arizona lies the Superstition Mountains which is the alleged location of the lost Dutchman mine. The story starts with a man named Jacob Waltz who come out these mountains with gold he said he got from a mine he found but died not long afterwards taking the secret of it's location to his grave. One must remember that less than ten miles away the town of Goldfield had an operating goldmine that extracted enough gold to be worth hundreds of millions in todays dollars. So that there was another nearby motherload of gold was nearby was quite believable. Some men over years have come out with some gold claiming they found the lost mine but these turned out not to be true. With gold now worth $1300 an ounce today the allure of lost treasure will still excite people today. The legend of the mine faded from public view until 1931 when the amateur explorer and treasure hunter Adolph Ruth disappeared until months later a skull was found with two bullet holes in it and dental records provided a positive match. You would think someone getting murdered would deter people instead it had the opposite effect with area being flooded with wannabe treasure hunters and less than savory types heavily armed going into the mountains reported. The state designated the area a state park with anyone caught trying prospecting subject to swift arrest. Considering Arizona's penal system known for it's alleged inhumane prison system where many inmates live in unairconditioned cells or tents in the brutal summer heat which is a long discussion in itself is enough to discourage 99% would be treasure hunters.
Arizona's tallest mountain is getting plenty of monsoon moisture this year. There has even been some flooding this year in nearby Flagstaff.
This Fall is a treasure. Few people know of it, and it rarely flows except in March and April, when run-off from winter snows in Arizona's high country is heavy. Located only about 25 miles east of Flagstaff. At 185 feet high it is taller than Niagara Falls (183 feet) though not as wide (est. 200 feet). Often called the Chocolate Falls because on most days the water is so muddy it is brown. I was lucky to find nearly clear water last week. (Not the greatest light, but what can you do?)
Santa Fe C30-7 No. 8017 leads a westbound mixed manifest across the 544 ft. long Canyon Diablo bridge on Oct. 1, 1988.
Cold Blooded October...Two-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly
Arizona's State Insect! (I know this isn't scary, but it is cold-blooded, so it still counts).
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Superior, AZ
This is straight out of the camera except that I cropped the top of the photo which had an out-of-focus tree branch that was above me.
In this shot yesterday, I was able to capture a visible flame 🔥 within The Bighorn Fire. I was on Tocamoc Road north of Skyline Drive in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson. You can see the flame at the bottom of the dark smoke plume.
I was in a residential street in the Pre-Evacuation zone, The houses and gardens are quite beautiful and there is new construction. The workmen and residents out for a look appear calm.
There were two airplanes dropping fire retardent. I intend to post some photos of the planes. The fire crews are working hard to keep the houses safe.
I am looking northwest toward Pima Canyon. That is where the fire nearest to my car's position is located. It's a few miles away from my car.
I love Boxing Day.. Here in the UK it was traditionally the day when servants would have the day off and the employers would box gifts for the poor... Classist much. Thank God now its just abt being with your friends and giving out the rest of your gifts. Wearing a top bought for me by my Sis Rory and the carrier bought by my sis Layla @ zooby... Sato got to play Santa xd.
Pose: The Elephant Tree - Just one more (includes props)
Hair: Wasabi - Shari Xmas Ed
Lyman Lake State Park sits about 6000 feet in elevation and is Arizona's first recreational State Park. It was designated as a state park in 1961. It is fed by the second and third tallest mountains in Arizona (Mount Baldy and Escudilla Mountain). The runoff from these mountains creates the Little Colorado which has so much silt it looks like chocolate milk flowing down river. The lake takes on this appearance giving it a unique look.
As the sun sank lower to the west, cottonwood trees along Arizona's Verde River watched the water, the Verde Canyon RR, and its shadow race southward toward Clarkdale. The rectangular shadow in the middle is from a coach car, and the bright rectangle inside it comes from horizontal sunlight that entered windows on one side of the car and exited windows on the other side. Lumpy shadows on the left and right sides of the coach-car shadow were cast by open-air observation cars. (January 25, 2023).