Arizona (mostly)
Folder: Other West
Pictures from various trips to and through Arizona, except:
Bisbee -- I've been there a number of times, so that's a separate album.
Lower Colorado -- The lower Colorado river area (AZ, CA, and NV south of Las Vegas) feels like a separate and unique culture, fairly often, so those are all a separate album.
To insure that photos from the same trip are adjacent, photos are in date order with newe… (read more)
Bisbee -- I've been there a number of times, so that's a separate album.
Lower Colorado -- The lower Colorado river area (AZ, CA, and NV south of Las Vegas) feels like a separate and unique culture, fairly often, so those are all a separate album.
To insure that photos from the same trip are adjacent, photos are in date order with newe… (read more)
Lyman Lake State Park AZ 2338a
Lyman Lake State Park AZ 2340a
Arizona Winter Sunset 1695a
Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad 1694a
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Driving along US 160 northeast of Tuba City, AZ, one comes upon a startling sight -- an electric railway line. While electric rail lines are common in the Northeast, I don't recall ever seeing one in the West or in as rural an area as this. Given that electric rail is not used in the West, the existence of an electric rail line was quite mystifying. On further investigation it turned out that this is a rail line that runs only between a coal-fired generating plant near Lake Powell and the Black Mesa coal mine near Kayenta, AZ.
The generating plant itself has been a point of contention for many years due to the pollution and haze it causes near the Grand Canyon and over an area of the West that is otherwise pristine, and its impact on water quality for the Native American tribes in the area. The electricity generated by the plant is or was sold to major urban areas in the west, including Las Vegas and Los Angeles, thus the plant and related pollution could be interpreted as urban areas exporting their pollution.
Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad 1693a
Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad 1692a
Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad 1691a
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Considering the emptiness of surrounding area, it is startling to see this very high storage facility rising up seemingly out of nowhere. It is the transfer point for coal from the Kayenta and/or Black Mesa mine to the railroad.
Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad: Navajo Coal 1…
Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad: Navajo Coal 1…
Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad: Navajo Coal 1…
Navajo National Monument 1677a
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I had never heard of Navajo National Monument and just happened to see the sign when in the area. There are ranger-led tours to the cliff dwellings in the summer, and when weather permits in the winter. When I visited the trails along the rim were about a foot deep in snow so I doubt that tours into the canyon were available.
Navajo National Monument 1680a
Navajo National Monument 1679a
Navajo National Monument 1676a
Navajo National Monument 1683a
Navajo National Monument (1682)
Navajo National Monument 1673a
Cameron, AZ Suspension Bridge (1672)
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Historic suspension bridge, built in 1911, crossing the Little Colorado River, at Cameron, AZ.
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