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Taken January, 2016 in Arizona's Saguaro National Park

Santa Fe GP60M leads the 9-189-27 west at MP 366 east of Chalender, AZ with Northern Arizona's San Franciso Peaks providing a backdrop as the train decends the west slope of the Arizona Divide on April 28, 1995.

 

Nikon FM2, Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 ED, Kodachrome PKR 64.

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.

Back in the 1890’s Goldfield boasted 3 saloons, a boarding house, general store, blacksmith shop, brewery, meat market and a school house. Just when it looked like the town would outgrow Mesa, the vein faulted, the grade of ore dropped and the town died a slow painful death.

After several unsuccessful attempts to reopen the mines, the town did come to life again from 1910 on and off until 1926. After more than 115 years, travelers from all over the world still visit this gold mining town located on the historic Apache Trail and enjoy the excitement and grandeur of Arizona’s wild west

 

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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.

The last rays of the setting sun on a Saguaro Cactus forest in Arizona's Superstition Mountains. Taken April 2022

Edible and quite tasty. Found last year in Arizona's White Mountains.

Back in the 1890’s Goldfield boasted 3 saloons, a boarding house, general store, blacksmith shop, brewery, meat market and a school house. Just when it looked like the town would outgrow Mesa, the vein faulted, the grade of ore dropped and the town died a slow painful death.

After several unsuccessful attempts to reopen the mines, the town did come to life again from 1910 on and off until 1926. After more than 115 years, travelers from all over the world still visit this gold mining town located on the historic Apache Trail and enjoy the excitement and grandeur of Arizona’s wild west

 

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Arizona. Gilbert. Avec toute cette faune qui grouille au sol et ce milieu ouvert, j'avais l'impression de me trouver dans un eldorado pour rapaces en mal d'aire d'hivernation. At first sight, Arizona's open fields appeared ideal for wintering birds of prey. My mistake.

A Saguaro cactus forest in Arizona's Superstition Mountains on a cool, cloudy winter day (January 2022)

The last rays of the setting sun highlight Arizona's Superstition Mountains (April 2022)

Beautiful Arizona Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake from the Huachuca Mountains. This is Arizona's State Reptile. Does YOUR State have an official Reptile? What is it?

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Last rays of light from the setting sun on a Saguaro Cactus forest in Arizona's Ironwood Forest National Monument (April 2023)

View there in the late morning, into Arizona's Canyon de Chelly.

This is Arizona's state bird, the Cactus Wren. Interesting watching this guy as he twisted his head to upside down and picked away at the base of this cactus. Must have been some morsel there.

Spider Rock, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona

 

Towering over 700 feet (215m) above the valley floor of Canyon de Chelly, Spider Rock casts a long shadow when seen from the overlook at 9:30 in the morning. This sandstone spire is named after the Spider Woman, an important shaman in Navajo Nation lore. It is said she practiced medicine for the Navajo long ago at the foot of this amazing structure. The rock is a striking example of differential erosion, a process where an extremely hard cap of stone erodes much slower than the surrounding rock, protecting the sandstone below it. This process takes millions of years to form a spire as seen here.

 

Canyon de Chelly (pronounced "de SHAY") features not merely its namesake canyon but also a number of feeder canyons as well, and there are many more grand views to be seen besides Spider Rock. This fantastic national monument however is over-shadowed by Arizona's far more famous canyon, the Grand one. While the Grand Canyon is truly magnificent, de Chelly seems a little more personal, its incredible sights and geology more immediate due to the severe sheer cliffs of the canyons and the flat valleys in full view.

 

By all means, see Arizona's stunning Grand Canyon National Park. But if you have the time, Canyon de Chelly is worth the visit certainly.

 

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The SR-71 Blackbirds were America's preeminent reconnaissance planes. Built by Lockheed's infamous 'Skunk Works', they had a range of 3,200 nautical miles, could break mach 3 and sustain a cruising altitude of 85,000 feet… no other aircraft could top them!

 

The first Blackbird flew in 1964, and by 1968 Blackbirds had fully taken over from the CIA's U-2 high altitude reconnaissance aircrafts. They remained in service during the Cold War until 1990, when satellites were deemed better and cheaper to operate. Note that these birds were kept secret throughout the '70s and into the '80s.

 

This magnificent beast (the second SR-71 ever built) is on display at Arizona's famed Pima Air and Space Museum.

 

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.

Light from the setting sun on a group of Saguaro Cacti in Arizona's Superstition Wilderness. Taken January 2019

Captured on a walkabout in Arizona.

Saguaro Cacti and flowering Palo Verde (yellow) highlighted by the last rays of the setting sun. Taken May 2022 in Arizona's Superstition Mountains

Arizona's State Bird, the Cactus Wren. Early morning.

 

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A group of Saguaro Cacti in Arizona's Ironwood Forest National Monument. Taken July 2022 as a fairly epic monsoon storm was moving into the area.

Art deco turrets and clocks are on either side of the dam. One with Nevada time as seen here, Arizona's to the right. Nevada observes daylight savings time, and Arizona doesn't, so they're in two different time zones. The water you see is Lake Mead.

In the foreground are Sedona, Arizona's Pointed Dome, elevation 5499 ft (1676 m), and its companion spire Queen Victoria, elev. 5402 ft (1647 m)—features near the bottom of a descending ridge that separates Bear Wallow Canyon (and Schnebly Hill Road) on its south from Casner Canyon on its north. Towering above them in the background, on the other (northwestern) side of Oak Creek Canyon, is The Acropolis, elev. 6139 ft (1871 m). The helicopter from which I took this photo at 3:36 PM on January 24, 2023 was above Bear Wallow Canyon, south of Schnebly Hill Road—0.64 mi (1.0 km) SSE of Pointed Dome and 2.4 mi (3.8 km) SE of The Acropolis.

Another view of Page, Arizona's iconic Horseshoe Bend...

This location is pretty photogenic but like pretty much every spot in the Sedona area, it is packed with hundreds of people from 9am to 9pm.

So if you want to experience the place without too much noise and with nobody on the bridge you have got to get an early start ! (which is anyway the best thing to do when you're hiking during the summer in Arizona haha). This is an easy hike that is worth the view ! Even without a special sunrise or sunset light, it remains an amazing spot ! A few days laters I met some photographers who told me that they were going to the Devil's Bridge for milky way shooting and then... I wish I had had that idea when I was there ! Sounds like a reason to hit Arizona's road another time !

 

I hope you guys liked the shot ! I had lots of nice feedbacks this last weeks and I wanted to thank you ! They are always appreciated and even though I don't post a lot it is always nice to see that you still come and visit my photostream ! :)

A festive group of blossoming Ocotillos amid stately Saguaro Cacti in Arizona's Catalina State Park (April 2016)

Saguaro Cactus forest a few minutes before sunset in Arizona's Superstition Mountains (November 2022)

A healthy Organ Pipe cactus (left) and an Organ Pipe cactus skeleton (right) flank a Saguaro cactus in Arizona's magnificent Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Taken November, 2014

Picacho Peak State Park

About 50 miles, approximately 80 kilometers. north of Tucson, Arizona

Southern Arizona

USA

North America

 

From Arizona's website:

At Picacho Peak State Park, you can explore the mountainside blossoms of bright Mexican gold poppies, purple lupine, pink globemallow, and yellow brittlebush.

 

Note that there is no mention of the white desert chicory flower in this photo.

This is one of my favorite photos from my recent spring break camping trip to Arizona's KOFA National Wildlife Refuge. I was hesitant to go because of the current pandemic, but thankfully it all worked out and I made the trip before everything is closed to the public.

A very overgrown Saguaro Cactus in Arizona's Ironwood Forest National Monument. The end of a long branch growing along the ground is at front (Sept. 2022)

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