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Petroglyphs of Canyon de Chelly

Petroglyphs in the Canyon de Chelly are primitive works of art that span back for centuries. Various peoples have contributed to the collection, including the ancient Anasazi and, more recently the Navajo (Diné) people.

The name Chelly (or Chelley) is a Spanish borrowing of the Navajo word Tséyi’, which meaning “canyon” (literally “inside the rock” < tsé "rock" + -yi' "inside of, within"). The composite image below is a canyon view and several photos of petroglyph reproductions in the Canyon de Chelly National Parks Service Visitor’s Center.

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03 Aug 2007 by Culture Photography Travel

I-35W Bridge Collapse

i35w.jpgOur thoughts and prayers go out to the victims, families and friends after this terrible tragedy. Captain Ed at Captain’s Quarters has the most thorough blog coverage of this horrific event that we’ve seen. Here’s an excerpt from CQ regarding an interview with Governor Pawlenty of Minnesota:

Governor Pawlenty warned in the interview that it would take quite a while to remove the debris from the river and to get a new bridge designed and approved. It will take longer than a year to replace the collapsed structure, which will mean long delays and heavy frustration with traffic here in the Twin Cities. Today, though, it looks like many people have opted to take a day off to give the state some time to adjust.

Photo credit: AP/Minneapolis Star Tribune

02 Aug 2007 by Culture Current Events People

Ever-Changing Scenery

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Last Thursday, we took a rather long drive from Show Low AZ to Chula Vista CA, where we attended Sean Hannity’s Freedom Concert. Along the way, we drove from the White Mountains of Northeastern Arizona, through the canyons and deserts to finally wind up near the southwestern corner of the US. A long drive, indeed, but the scenery is great. If you don’t like the view, just wait five minutes and it will change. Continue reading to see the full-sized slide show of these images.

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01 Aug 2007 by Photography Travel

Desert View Watchtower

tower.jpgIn 1930, Fred Harvey commissioned Mary Colter to design and build a gift shop and rest area at the Grand Canyon’s Desert View scenic overlook. The Watchtower resulted from Colter’s efforts and was opened to the public in 1933.

The Desert View lookout and the Watchtower make for a climactic final stop if you are driving Desert View Drive from Grand Canyon Village, or a dramatic beginning if you enter the park through the East Entrance. From the top of the 70-foot stone-and-mortar Watchtower even the muted hues of the distant Painted Desert to the east and the 3,000-foot-high Vermilion Cliffs rising from a high plateau near the Utah border are visible. In the chasm below, angling to the north toward Marble Canyon, you can see an imposing stretch of the Colorado River. The Watchtower houses a glass-enclosed observatory with powerful telescopes.

I made the image at the left using a panoramic technique; first, I took three images of the tower in portrait mode, one above the other with slight overlap. Then, I ‘stitched’ them together using a software tool. The camera was my little Canon A710 IS and the photo stitch software was part of Canon’s Zoom Browser package which came with the camera. Click on the thumbnail to see a larger view of this unique tower.

31 Jul 2007 by Photography Travel

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