arizona road trip december 2005
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Arizona road trip December 2005. Sunset on the San Bernardino Mtns leaving southern California. Sunrise on the Sandia Mtn Range looking towards Nevada - note the naval weapons range antennae on the distant horizon. Low point of the trip, at the bottom of Death Valley National Park. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Arizona road trip
December 2005
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Sunset on the San Bernardino Mtns leaving southern California.
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Sunrise on the Sandia Mtn Range looking towards Nevada - note the naval weapons range antennae on the distant horizon.
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Low point of the trip, at the bottom of Death Valley National Park.
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Interesting colors in the rocks of Death Valley.
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Copper, magnesium and iron paint the dry walls of Death Valley.
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Late afternoon shadows in Grand Canyon National Park.
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Birds eye view of the Canyons North Rim.
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Colorado River carves a wide channel at the start of the Canyon.
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Saguaro National Park on the west side of Tucson Arizona.
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Mt Tucson from the park.
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Signal Hill was used by early Americans to record stories in thein the rocks, still seen as petroglyphs.
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Majestic rock formations on the Apache Trail east of Tucson.
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The Granite Dells near Prescott Az.
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The Dells have some of the oldest rock found in the southwest.
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Got back to California just in time to see the storm clouds lifting.