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4 PFr-PDes-CdCh

By SpecialK
Apr 07, 2013
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Arizona Mostly 09 Arizona Mostly 09

4 PFr-PDes-CdCh

Apr 07, 2013
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090908-3554PetForestAirport (Petrified Forest airport.)

090908-3555PetForestSign (Entrance sign. There are a couple trading posts right near the entrance, but they are not within the park boundary.)

090908-3556PetForestVisCtr (This is the visitor center near the south entrance.)

090908-3557Fossils (Bones.)

090908-3558FossilSkull (Metoposaur skull.)

090908-3560Trail (On the trail behind the visitor center.)

090908-3562MatherPlaque

090908-3563MatherPlaque

090908-3564Trail

090908-3565Trail (On the trail.)

090908-3567OldFaithfulTree (This is the largest tree in the park, named Old Faithful.)

090908-3568VisCtr (View of the visitor center from the trail.)

090908-3571CrystalForestHill (Near the Crystal Forest trail.)

090908-3572CrystalForestStopSign (From the Crystal Forest parking lot. This is the exact shot where I switched to spot-metering by accident...for the next couple days :-()

090908-3573CrystalForestSign

090908-3574CollectingProhibited (Collecting petrified wood is prohibited. Much was taken away in the early days.)

090908-3575TriassicLandscape

090908-3577FromWoodToStone

090908-3578Pieces

090908-3579View

090908-3580Logs

090908-3581Logs (Segments.)

090908-3583ShadowLogs

090908-3584Segments (Tree parts.)

090908-3586LogSection_ (Cross-section.)

090908-3587Lichen (Lichen.)

090908-3589JasperForestViewpoint (Jasper Forest viewpoint.)

090908-3590JasperForestSign

090908-3591JasperrForestView (Jasper Forest view. There used to be much more petrified wood before it was carried off.)

090908-3592JasperForestRocks (Regular rocks.)

090908-3593MonView (Moon is out.)

090908-3595AgateBridgeSign

090908-3596AgateBridge (This is the Agate Bridge.)

090908-3597AgateBridge

090908-3598AgateBridge (This gully undermined the tree.)

090908-3599BlueMesaChangingWorld

090908-3600BlueMesaFallenLog (The log on the right recently fell down the hill at Blue Mesa.)

090908-3604BlueMesa (Rocks.)

090908-3607PeopleAndChange

090908-3608BlueMesaView

090908-3609BlueMesaView (More rocks at Blue Mesa.)

090908-3610BlueMesaView

090908-3611ShiftInColor

090908-3612BlueMesaView (Blue Mesa view.)

090908-3615BlueMesaTrailSign

090908-3617ConglomerateSign

090908-3618Conglomerate

090908-3620BlueMesaView (Blue Mesa view.)

090908-3621BlueMesaView (Blue Mesa view.)

090908-3622BlueMesaView (Blue Mesa view. There is a trail here you can take down to the bottom.)

090908-3623BlueMesaView (Blue Mesa view.)

090908-3625BlueMesaBuckwheat (I think this is wild yellow buckwheat.)

090908-3630ThruTheYears

090908-3632BlueMesaTrail (This is some of the trail from before that I did not go on. The beginning looked kind of steep :-))

090908-3633ChangeInClimate

090908-3638PioneersInPaleontology

090908-3639TheTepees (The Tepees area.)

090908-3640TheTepees (The Tepees area.)

090908-3641NewspaperRockSign

090908-3642NewspaperRock (Newspaper Rock overlook. A couple big rocks have a lot of petroglyphs on them.)

090908-3643NewspaperRock (Newspaper Rock.)

090908-3647NewspaperRock (Newspaper Rock.)

090908-3648NewspaperRock (Newspaper Rock.)

090908-3649NewspaperRockView (View from Newspaper Rock overlook.)

090908-3652PuercoRuinTrailSign

090908-3653PuercoRuinlSign

090908-3654PuercoTrailSign

090908-3655LifeInThePlaza

090908-3656TrailView

090908-3658Kiva (Puerca pueblo area.)

090908-3660Foundation (Puerca pueblo area.)

090908-3661Foundation (Puerca pueblo area.)

090908-3662GalleryOfThePast

090908-3664PetroglyphFoot (Puerca pueblo petroglyphs.)

090908-3667Petroglyph (Puerca pueblo petroglyphs.)

090908-3672PetroglyphStork (Puerca pueblo petroglyphs.)

090908-3676Petroglyph (Puerca pueblo petroglyphs.)

090908-3680PrehistoricDwellers

090908-3681Foundation (Puerca pueblo area.)

090908-3683StaFeRailroadSign (Santa Fe railroad gets around.)

090908-3684Rt66ViewpointSign

090908-3685Rt66ViewpointSign

090908-3686Rt66ViewpointSign

090908-3688Rt66ViewpointCar (View from the Route 66 turnout, approaching the Painted Desert. The telephone poles mark the old location of Route 66.)

090908-3690Rt66Viewpoint (The turnout.)

090908-3691LaceyViewSign

090908-3692LaceyView (Lacey Viewpoint at the Painted Desert.)

090908-3694WhippleViewSign

090908-3695WhippleView (Just down the road is Whipple Viewpoint.)

090908-3696ChindeViewpointSign

090908-3698ChinleViewpoint (And a bit further is Chinle Viewpoint.)

090908-3699PintadoPointSign

090908-3701PintadoPointView (Pintado Point.)

090908-3702PilotRock (Pilot Rock in the distance.)

090908-3703PintadoPhotog (Pintado Point view area.)

090908-3704OriginOfDinos

090908-3705PintadoPointPilotRock (Pintado Point.)

090908-3706WildernessAreaSign

090908-3707WildernessAreaMap

090908-3709PaintedDesertInn (The Painted Desert Inn.)

090908-3710RimTrailSign

090908-3711AncientLandscapes

090908-3712KachinaPtView (Kachina Point view behind the Inn.)

090908-3714KachinaPtView

090908-3716BadlandsSign

090908-3717BadlandsView (Badlands view.)

090908-3719BadlandsView (More badlands view.)

090908-3720BadlandsView

090908-3721AdaptingToExtremes

090908-3722View (View of the Painted Desert Inn.)

090908-3724View

090908-3726PaintedDesertSign

090908-3728TawaPtPeople (Tawa Point view.)

090908-3729FindingFossils

090908-3730TawaPtView (Tawa Pt view.)

090908-3732BurnsideRoadWork (Just north of Burnside on the way to Canyon de Chelly.)

090908-3734CementTruck (North of Burnside.)

090908-3736ChellyWarningSign (You need a guide at all but one trail at Canyon de Chelly.)

090908-3737TunnelOverlook (Tunnel overlook at Canyon de Chelly.)

090908-3739TunnelOverlook

090908-3740Trinkets (Every roadside stop has native Americans selling things.)

090908-3741TunnelOverlook (Tunnel overlook.)

090908-3743TseyiOverlookSign

090908-3745TseyiOverlook (Tseyi overlook.)

090908-3746AnasaziSign

090908-3747InTouch

090908-3748JunctionOverlook (Junction overlook. Canyons come together here.)

090908-3749JunctionOverlook (Junction overlook.)

090908-3751JunctionOverlook (Junction overlook.)

090908-3753WhiteHouseTrSign (The viewpoint at White House ruins. This is the only trail you can take without a guide. I'm going.)

090908-3754WhiteHouseOverlook (View from the cliff.)

090908-3755WhiteHouseSign

090908-3756WhitehouseOverlookMan

090908-3757WhiteHouseRulesSign

090908-3758WhiteHouseTrlHead (White House trail head.)

090908-3760WhitehouseTrail (White House trail warning sign.)

090908-3761WhitehouseTrail (Getting near the trail start.)

090908-3762WhitehouseTrail (White House trail.)

090908-3763WhitehouseTrail (White House trail.)

090908-3764GirlOnDaddy (The best way to go.)

090908-3766WhitehouseTrail (White House trail.)

090908-3767WhitehouseTrail (White House trail view.)

090908-3768WhitehouseTrail (White House trail view.)

090908-3769WhitehouseTrail (White House trail.)

090908-3771WhitehouseBridge (A little to the left you can cross without a bridge.)

090908-3772WhitehouseHorse (Getting close.)

090908-3773WhitehouseRuins (This is White House ruin.)

090908-3774WhitehouseRuins (White House ruin.)

090908-3775WhitehouseRuins (White House ruin.)

090908-3776WhitehouseRuins (White House ruin.)

090908-3777WhitehouseRuins

090908-3781WhitehouseRuins (White House ruin.)

090908-3783WhitehouseRuins (White House ruin.)

090908-3784WhitehouseRuins (White House ruin.)

090908-3785WhitehouseRuins (White House ruins.)

090908-3787WhitehouseRuins (White House ruins.)

090908-3789WhitehouseRuins (White House ruins.)

090908-3790WhitehouseRuins (White House ruins.)

090908-3791WhitehouseRuins (White House ruins.)

090908-3792WhitehouseRuins (White House ruins.)

090908-3794WhitehouseRuins (White House ruins.)

090908-3795SpiderRock (Spider Rock is 800 feet high.)

090908-3796SpiderRock (Spider Rock.)

090908-3799SpiderRockSign

090908-3807SpiderRock (Spider Rock.)

090908-3809SpiderRock (Spider Rock.)

090908-3812SpiderRock (Spider Rock.)

090908-3816SpiderRock (Navajo legend has Spider Woman living in the tallest spire.)

090908-3818SpiderRock

090908-3820SpiderRock

090908-3826SpiderRockPathClouds (Spider Rock path clouds.)

090908-3828SpiderRockPathClouds (Spider Rock path clouds.)

090908-3831SlidHsEastView (Sliding House ruins viewpoint, looking easterly.)

090908-3832SlidHsEastView (The trail was a bit confusing, so I went to this side first.)

090908-3833SlidHsPath

090908-3835SlidingHouseSign

090908-3836SlidingHouseView (Got to the right place, but I still did not know what I was looking for.)

090908-3837SlidingHouseView (Turn out the ruins are along the little groove above the scooped out part to the right of the shot.)

090908-3838SlidingHouseCliff (Above the ruins.)

090908-3848SlidingHouseCliff (You can see the ruins as little squares about 1/4 way up from the bottom right corner.)

090908-3852SlidingHouseCliff (Rocks.)

090908-3859SlidHsRainbow (Rainbow at Sliding House ruin.)

090908-3861SlidHsRainbow

090908-3863SlidHsRainbow (A bit closer.)

090908-3867BurnsideRoadWork (Same road work going the other direction.)

090908-3869RainbowStart (Start of twin rainbows.)

090908-3884RainbowTwins (Rainbow growing.)

090908-3885RainbowMiddle

090908-3891RainbowEnd (Big and bright.)

090908-3893SunsetClouds (Sunset north of Chambers.)

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