Photos tagged as scenery

Day 166 - Saguaro along Road

There is a 14 mile loop road you can drive through Saguaro National Park. This was along that road.

Date: 14 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Tucson, USA: gallery
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Day 166 - Saguaro & Desert

Tuscon is in the Sonoro Desert, which is the only desert where Saguaro can be found. Other cacti grow here also however.

Date: 14 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Tucson, USA: gallery
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Day 166 - Saguaro

Saguaro (pron. saw-WAH-row). A 15' tall Saguaro such as this is probably about 70 years old.

Date: 14 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Tucson, USA: gallery
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Day 164 - Dragoon Mtns

These are in Southeastern Arizona and appear quite rugged. There are many examples of large boulders perched in unstable looking conditions.

Date: 12 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Benson, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - White Sands NM, Yucca

The plant at the top of this dune, with the twin 'rabbit ears' stalks, is a Yucca. The base of the plant is in the ground beneith the dune, it just keeps growing taller so the top stays just above the sand.

Date: 10 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - White Sands NM, RV in Dunes

You can tell how big this sand dune is by comparing it to the RV on the left.

Date: 10 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - White Sands NM, Playa

A playa is a dry lake bed. This is a small one in the Tularosa Basin.

Date: 10 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - White Sands NM, Plant Pedestal

Some plants are able to grab onto the sand as the dune moves and form a pedestal that allow it to survive. This is a Hoary Rosemarymint plant.

Date: 10 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - White Sands NM, Heart of the Dunes

In the heart of the dunes, the sand dunes are moving too fast for even the most adaptable plants to survive.

Date: 10 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - White Sands NM, Edge of Dunes

Here the front edge of the sands dunes are encroaching on desert grasslands.

Date: 10 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 161 - Rock Hound SP, Visitors Center

Date: 9 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Deming, USA: gallery
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Day 161 - Rock Hound SP, Geode Spot

On the right, about 1/2 way up is a light spot. This is one of the area's people have been digging for geodes.

Date: 9 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Deming, USA: gallery
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Day 159 - Big Bend, Trail to Hot Springs

This is the trail to the hot springs, about 1/5 of a mile long.

Date: 7 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 159 - Big Bend, Scenery

This is very common of the vista's we saw throughout the park

Date: 7 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 159 - Big Bend, Mtns

A lot of people come to Big Bend just for the geology. The Park Rangers even have special programs about the parks geology.

Date: 7 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 159 - Big Bend, Cliffs

These are in Mexaco, across the Rio Grande River from the park. They are just above the village of Boquillas.

Date: 7 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 158 - Big Bend, Mexico Cliffs

This is across from Rio Grande Village near sunset

Date: 6 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 158 - Los Caballos, Old & Young Mtns

These unusual rock formations are part of the Ouachita Fold Belt, formed roughly the same time as the Appalachian Mountains (275-290 million years ago)