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The view and rock formations from Windy Point on the Mount Lemmon Highway.
Photos from a trip up the Santa Catalina Mountains in 1980.
Kodachrome transparency copied with Nikon ES-1 and Olympus 35mm f3.5 macro lens. RAW file processed with Picasa.
(1980-07b-05.ORF)
Indian Paintbrush growing along the (nearly dry) stream at the bottom of Molino Canyon in the Santa Catalina Mountains. Early April in the Coronado National Forest.
The "eyes" on aspen trees in the Catalina Mountains. These are the result of lower branches falling off as the tree grows tall, leaving a 'scar' on the trunk
Somewhat unusual for Tucson. The dew point stayed above 70 all night.
RAW file processed with Olympus Viewer 3.
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Mount Lemmon, with a summit elevation of 9,159 feet, is the highest point in the Santa Catalina Mountains. It is located in the Coronado National Forest north of Tucson, Arizona, United States. Mount Lemmon was named for botanist Sara Plummer Lemmon, who trekked to the top of the mountain with her husband and E. O. Stratton, a local rancher, by horse and foot in 1881. The Catalina Highway, also called the Mount Lemmon Highway, as well as the Hitchcock Highway (after Frank Harris Hitchcock) runs up the Santa Catalina Mountains from the east side of Tucson up to Summerhaven, at the top of Mt. Lemmon. The beautiful, curving road is a favorite drive for tourists, for locals escaping summer's heat and cyclists, and has been recently designated as the Sky Island Parkway, part of the US National Scenic Byway system.
I joined Ned and the gang on the second of the summer Mount Lemmon hikes on August 5 2015. We hiked the loop formed by the Mt. Lemmon Trail and the Meadow Trail (formerly the Power Line Road and the Lemmon Park Trail) at the top of the mountain.
RAW file processed with Olympus Viewer 3.
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After a short evening gig in Tucson I drove up Mt Lemmon with the hopes of seeing some of the Perseid meteor shower, However the clouds rolled in and the city light was blazing! Still I think the night was not a total waste :-)
Up in a meadow on the high slopes of Mt. Lemmon, our highest local peak (9,000') these big golden flowers are blooming in abundance. I can't figure out what species they are. Perhaps Aspen sunflowers or Cutleaf coneflowers (I'd appreciate input on this question, thanks).
Huttons Vireo from Rose Lake Canyon in the Mount Lemmon region of the Catalina Mountains Tucson Arizona
Photos take on a trip up Mount Lemmon in early summer 1980.
Kodachrome transparency copied with Nikon ES-1 and Olympus 35mm f3.5 macro lens. RAW file processed with Picasa.
(1980-06b-23.ORF)
The Sony does sweeping pano shots - it took me a while to figure out how smoothly I had to move the camera.....