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Somewhat pricey but worth it if you enjoy the scenery of northern Arizona's Monument Valley. This was the "view" from our balcony at sunrise from "The View" resort. No hiking or driving in extreme conditions is required. Just set your tripod and camera, seat back with a nice warm blanket and enjoy nature's spectacular show. BTW, all rooms face the famous Mitten formations. Staying at least one night is worth every penny.

Weavers Needle, a prominent rock formation in Arizona's Superstition Mountains (March, 2017)

Monsoon season in Arizona's Superstition Mountains (July 2022)

Another fine example of Arizona's grid. It could be destroyed by a bird strike...

1973 Nikon F2, Nikkor 300mm lens. Ektachrome 100, pushed to 200, bulk loaded from 100-foot spool, expired but frozen since 2002. Home processed E-6. No filters used.

A large Saguaro Cactus on the periphery of Scottsdale, Arizona’s McDowell Sonoran Preserve (July 2022). Power lines are not part of my usual themes, but they looked so cool...

Oak Creek, AZ ...just outside Sedona! See my other page here: www.facebook.com/SteveBondPhotography

Tucson is in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert 🌵

Sunset on blossoming Ocotillo (red) and Palo Verde (yellow) in Arizona's Ironwood Forest National Monument (May 2023)

A trio of flashy Santa Fe Super Fleet GEs pull a hot intermodal train west through the Ponderosa pines of Arizona's Coconino National Forest on Oct. 5, 1995.

Just one example of the crazily contoured sandstone found at the White Pocket in Arizona's Vermillion Cliffs National Monument.

Sedona is located in Arizona's high desert under the towering southwestern rim of the vast Colorado Plateau and situated at the mouth of spectacular Oak Creek Canyon. The monumental red-rock formations and the contrasting riparian areas of Oak Creek Canyon, make Sedona a must see location for those who love Redrock Country.

Saguaro Cacti and blossoming Palo Verde (yellow) in Arizona's Superstition Mountains (May 2019)

The last rays from a setting sun shine on Arizona's Ironwood Forest National Monument (November 2022)

Some of central Arizona's remote Sycamore Canyon Wilderness viewed from the Dogie Trail.

I captured this juvenile Roseate Spoonbill in Arizona's Gilbert Riparian Preserve a few days back. Spoonbills are a rare find here in AZ. It's surmised that this one ended up in the preserve because it was blown off course by all the hurricanes a few months back. Whatever the reason, it's nice to have the opportunity to photograph it.

Wintertime evening shadows on a Saguaro Cactus forest in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona

On January 24, 2023, taking a helicopter tour from Sedona, Arizona's mesa-top airport, we briefly hovered 0.28 miles (451 m) ESE of the eastern end of the rock formation known as "The Fin," elevation 5666 feet (1727 m). Resembling the dorsal fin of a long, westward-facing fish, the top edge of this slim, vertically ribbed wall stretches west-to-east 320 feet (98 m); and it stands 866 feet (264 m) above the surrounding terrain. Looking WNW (296°), the open area in the near background includes, successively, Mormon Canyon, Brins Mesa, and Soldier Pass. The medium-distance shady slope at the far left is the lower edge of Soldier Heights, followed to its right by its shorter, unnamed, northern companion, whose elevation is 5589 ft (1704 m) and whose distance from the camera was 2.6 mi (4.2 km). Starting at the left on the horizon: the first bump is Bear Mountain's northeastern peak, elev. 6562 ft (2000 m), 7.5 mi (12.0 km); the pointed triangular peak is Bear Mountain's northern pinnacle, elev. 6549 ft (1996 m), 7.8 mi (12.5 km); Secret Mountain, with red-rock arms extending camera-ward below it, elev. 6607 ft (2014 m), 7.0 mi (11.3 km); and Maroon Mountain, fronted by two large, sheer, pastel-peach cliffs separated by a shaded section, elev. 6666 ft (2032 m), 5.9 mi (9.5 km).

A Saguaro cactus thicket in Arizona's Ironwood Forest National Monument (May 2023)

Sunset on a snow covered cloudy afternoon on Kitt Peak. The University of Arizona's Steward Observatory 90 inch Bok Telescope is shrouded in clouds.

A photogenic cluster of Saguaro Cacti in Scottsdale, Arizona's McDowell Sonoran Preserve (January 2019)

Ocotillos flowering along the Hugh Norris Trail in Saguaro National Park, Arizona. Photographed in March, 2017

Springtime sunset lighting on Saguaro Cacti and blossoming Palo Verde in Arizona's Ironwood Forest National Monument (May 2023)

A monsoon thunderstorm over Arizona's Chiricahua National Monument. Viewed from the Big Balanced Rock Trail

Spring greenery in Arizona's Superstition Wilderness after a cool, wet winter. My preferred method of avoiding crowds...

A Saguaro Cactus forest at the edge of a large region in Arizona's Superstition Mountains that was burned during a horrid 2020 fire. The Cacti in the foreground show fire damage but appear to be surviving. Taken Feb 2022

Ocotillo flowers and Saguaro cacti in Arizona's Saguaro National Park. Taken March, 2017

Sunlight peeks through a clearing storm to highlight a Saguaro Cactus in Arizona's Catalina State Park (Dec 2018)

A Saguaro Cactus skeleton under stormy skies in Arizona's Saguaro National Park (August 2018)

On the remote Paria Plateau in Arizona's Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, White Pocket is a group of swirling, multicolored formations of Navajo sandstone, including domes, hoodoos, gullies and potholes. Arriving at White Pocket inside Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, you are initially struck by the contrast of white rock in smoothly rounded mounds and cliff edges, dotted with two imperial looking spherical beehives rock cones

The top of a rare and beautiful cristate (crested) Saguaro Cactus in Scottsdale, Arizona’s McDowell Sonoran Preserve

In celebration of Arizona's summer monsoon storms. A pair of FA/18 Hornets seeking shelter from a terrific dust storm at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.

Light from the setting sun on Arizona's Ironwood Forest National Monument (March 2023)

November 2023 in Arizona's Superstition Mountains

Arizona's Superstition Mountains photographed from the Lost Goldmine Trail (March 2020)

Saguaro National Park, Tucson.

 

This was called a "Moonrise Hike", with the hope that we would see the Snow Moon suddenly appear above Arizona's Rincon Mountains.

 

The sky was cloudy & we never saw even a sliver of the moon, but at least we were treated to a nice Sonoran Desert sunset.

Telephoto view of evening shadows in Arizona's Superstition Wilderness (December 2021)

Superstition Mountain boldly stands guard over the eastern edge of Arizona's vast

'Valley of the Sun' which sprawls 100 miles to the west and is home to over 4 million people in the Phoenix metro area.

The legend of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine centers around the Superstition Mountains. According to the legend, a German immigrant named Jacob Walzer discovered a mother lode in the Superstition Wilderness and revealed its location on his deathbed in Phoenix in 1891 to Julia Thomas, a boarding-house owner who had taken care of him for many years. Several mines have been claimed to be the actual mine that Walzer discovered, but none of those claims have been verified.

 

Info on Superstition Mountain and its mountain chain to the east: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstition_Mountains

 

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This was the shot I wanted. Spider Rock at 1900 from the overlook. I am happy with it.

I was 4 minutes late and the Sun moves pretty fast in these Canyons. (The EXIF time is Arizona Time not Navajo Nation time. The Rez changes to DST)

 

Spider Rock ( Tsé Ná ashjéé' ii ) is named after Spider-Woman (Na'ashje'ii Asdzaa in Diné Bizaad).

 

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The easternmost viewpoint on the South Rim Drive, and perhaps the best, is of Spider Rocks, the twin towers of sandstone guarding the confluence of Canyon de Chelly with Bat and Monument canyons to the south. A 1/4 mile path leads to the overlook, which also has a good panorama back towards Face Rock and a V-shaped tributary ravine on the north side. A 'No Vending' notice warns against Navajo jewelry sellers, who are usually in residence at all the other overlooks. The surroundings are now quite overgrown, with pinyon pine and juniper, bushes and yucca, quite different to the open, sandy, desert-like conditions around Chinle, since although the wash on the canyon floor remains fairly level, the rim plateau steadily rises; the elevation at Spider Rocks Overlook is nearly 7,000 feet, 1,500 feet higher than the town.

 

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Spider Rock stands with awesome dignity and beauty over 800 feet high in Arizona's colourful Canyon de Chelly National Park (pronounced da Shay). Geologists of the National Park Service say that "the formation began 230 million years ago.

 

Windblown sand swirled and compressed with time created the spectacular red sandstone monolith. Long ago, the Diné (Navajo) Indian tribe named it Spider Rock.

 

Stratified, multicolored cliff walls surround the canyon. For many, many centuries the Diné (Navajo) built caves and lived in these cliffs. Most of the caves were located high above the canyon floor, protecting them from enemies and flash floods.

 

Spider Woman possessed supernatural power at the time of creation, when Diné (Navajo) emerged from the third world into this fourth world.

 

At that time, monsters roamed the land and killed many people. Since Spider Woman loved the people, she gave power for the Hero Twins (Monster- Slayer and Child-Born-of-Water) to search for the Sun-God who was their father. When they found him, Sun-God showed them how to destroy all the monsters on land and in the water.

 

Because she preserved their people, Diné (Navajo) established Spider Woman among their most important and honoured Deities.

 

She chose the top of Spider Rock for her home. It was Spider Woman who taught Diné (Navajo) ancestors of long ago the art of weaving upon a loom. She told them, "My husband, Spider Man, constructed the weaving loom making the cross poles of sky and earth cords to support the structure; the warp sticks of sun rays, lengthwise to cross the woof; the healds of rock crystal and sheet lightning, to maintain original condition of fibres. For the batten, he chose a sun halo to seal joints, and for the comb he chose a white shell to clean strands in a combing manner." Through many generations, the Diné (Navajo) have always been accomplished weavers.

 

From their elders, Diné (Navajo) children heard warnings that if they did not behave themselves, Spider Woman would let down her web- ladder and carry them up to her home and devour them!

 

The children also heard that the top of Spider Rock was white from the sun-bleached bones of Diné (Navajo) children who did not behave themselves!

 

One day, a peaceful cave-dwelling Diné (Navajo) youth was hunting in Dead Man's Canyon, a branch of Canyon de Chelly. Suddenly, he saw an enemy tribesman who chased him deeper into the canyon. As the peaceful Diné (Navajo) ran, he looked quickly from side to side, searching for a place to hide or to escape.

 

Directly in front of him stood the giant obelisk-like Spider Rock. What could he do? He knew it was too difficult for him to climb. He was near exhaustion. Suddenly, before his eyes he saw a silken cord hanging down from the top of the rock tower.

 

The Diné (Navajo) youth grasped the magic cord. which seemed strong enough, and quickly tied it around his waist. With its help he climbed the tall tower, escaping from his enemy who then gave up the chase.

 

When the peaceful Diné (Navajo) reached the top, he stretched out to rest. There he discovered a most pleasant place with eagle's eggs to eat and the night's dew to drink.

 

Imagine his surprise when he learned that his rescuer was Spider Woman! She told him how she had seen him and his predicament. She showed him how she made her strong web-cord and anchored one end of it to a point of rock. She showed him how she let down the rest of her web-cord to help him to climb the rugged Spider Rock.

 

Later, when the peaceful Diné (Navajo) youth felt assured his enemy was gone, he thanked Spider Woman warmly and he safely descended to the canyon floor by using her magic cord. He ran home as fast as he could run, reporting to his tribe how his life was saved by Spider Woman!

 

ps The time of my EXIF is Arizona time not Navajo Reservation Time.

 

8. “A good photograph is knowing where to stand.” – Ansel Adams. I would add "And when to stand there" :) With the marvelous cameras we have now, I would get here earlier, do a time lapse, and choose the best frame. But this still might have been the frame I would have chosen.

 

pps My son took a hilarious photo of me taking this photo. I hope no one other than my son & I ever see that photo. :0

 

In 1911, "Edward S. Curtis wrote and photographed this segment on Canyon De Chelly, home of the Navajo Indians. Curtis describes the history of the canyon and it's inhabitants. This is part of a larger film entitled, The Indian Picture Opera."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKJJnBsWbNs

  

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Appears to be a Desert Spiny Lizard, common to Sonoran Desert in Arizona.

S. magister near Salt River upstream of Phoenix.

Saturday 06-June-2020, Bighorn Fire. Day one. 10 Tanker Air Carrier McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 (ER) VLAT (Very Large Air Tanker) with its old livery. "TNKR910" “Southern Belle” N612AX /MSN: 48290 LN:435 based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. TNKR910 is on a line drop pass with Lead plane Beech B200GT Super King Air N24HD/CNBY over Catalina State Park.

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.

Always enjoyable to stumble upon a new and unexpected vista while gingerly wandering through jagged rocks and spiny plants...

 

Taken December, 2022 in Arizona's Superstition Mountains

Wild Horses of Arizona's Salt River

Gilbert, Arizona's Freestone Skate Park has lots of options for every skater, and plenty of space at 22,000 square feet. Freestone features a street run with a variety of ledges and rails, several banks, and lots of transition including spines, extensions and different depth bowls.

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There should be the Sandia Mountains out there, behind those cypress trees. One can see the southern tail end of them just a bit, a little bluer shadow against that magenta haze.

After the shot in the first comment box below, I pulled on slacks and went up to the roof.

 

All this wildfire smoke came in from Arizona's fires. There are about four major fires burning there. One by Tucson, one by Phoenix, one near Flagstaff and one at the Grand Canyon's north rim. The westerly winds have brought all that to us.

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.

This path through Arizona's Superstition Wilderness was once traveled by countless generations of Apache Indians. More recently president Theodore Roosevelt would pass here en route to the Roosevelt Dam, completed in 1911. Today a ride along this preserved corridor offers views that describe a classic Arizona landscape of one's imagination.

 

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Springtime view of blossoming vegetation in Arizona's Saguaro National Park: Palo Verde with yellow blossoms; Cholla Cactus at center (they turn a purple color at certain times); Saguaro Cacti in the background. Taken May, 2019

Arizona Ballet Theatre Performance At The University Of Arizona’s Stevie Eller Dance Theater In Tucson, Arizona

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