Monday, May 25, 2009

Blue Mesa

Part of the Painted Desert

Morenci Mine

I was completely floored by the utter devastation that is strip mining. This was an unexpected stop on our road trip, at the end of the Coronado Trail.

Seems like a week ago

But here we are leaving for Lyman Lake yeaterday.

Morenci Mine

The scale of this place could only be captured by air. You drive through this amazing dense forest and lush mountains standing almost 10,000 feet tall and promptly descend into a wasteland. The tops of all the mountains around you have simply disappeared, disintegrated into scalloped shelves of discarded rubble. Looking at it, standing in the middle of it, you feel an undeniable sense of responsibility as a human.

Petrified what?

The best part of the park were the incredible fossils. I learned that before the continents broke apart, the Petrified Forest (now a seemingly barren wasteland) was a rainforest located around modern-day Panama.

Petrified Forest

This stuff was pretty amazing, but it wasn't the best part of the park.

Besh-Ba-Gowah

Archaeological park and museum of the Salado people.

Up early to revisit the Wigwam Motel.

Gorgeous cloudy day to photograph these old rusty cars. Expect some cool new HDRs when I get home and edit!

CROAK!

We listened to these things all night long at Roper Lake State Park! It's a Spadefoot (bull frog) in a little swampy stream hunted down and shot (camera phone of course!) by yours truly ; )


Monday, May 18, 2009

Family of Canadian Geese

My reward for being at the park so early : )

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Thursday, May 14, 2009

I've never seen a grasshopper like this in AZ

Anyone know what kind of grasshopper this is that appears to be eating my plants for lunch?

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

good in action and at rest

I love my camera even when the models aren't ready yet...

good in action and at rest

I love my camera even when the models aren't ready yet...

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Daisy, exhausted by mile 2.

She's making big progress though!

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Thursday, May 7, 2009

My new Bob Schneider shirt! Krista why are you always out of town???

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Sunday, May 3, 2009