Showing posts with label New Mexico. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Mexico. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

El Calderon cinder cone, El Malpais National Monument, part 2

El Malpais means the badlands. The El Calderon Lava Flow is estimated to be 115,000 years old and is the oldest lava flow within El Malpais.

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Site visit finished 8.21.09 2:47:27
Gallup 34

Red Rock State Park – Church Rock 3:35:33 – 5:05:31
(Gallup 44 - Gallup 102)

Mount Taylor 7:15:41 – 8:07:09
(Mount Taylor 20 - Mount Taylor 41)

Comfort Inn – Grants 11:28:38 8.22.09
(El Morro 001 – El Morro 008)

El Morro 12:43:16 – 2:33:00
(El Morro 15 – El Morro 115)

El Calderon 3:22:49 – 4:58:47
(El Calderon 3El Calderon 49)

Comfort Inn – Albuquerque 7:51:49
(El Calderon 58)

P.S. Here's a couple more:



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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

El Calderon cinder cone, El Malpais National Monument, part 1

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Friday, September 4, 2009

El Morro National Monument

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A reliable waterhole hidden at the base of a sandstone bluff made El Morro (the headland) a popular campsite.

I took pictures of the Anasazi ruins at the top, but these have yet to migrate to my home pc. Perhaps in an UPDATE!



P.S. I'm using the new blogger editor. A test!
The House of Substance: Beaten to the Punch
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Mount Taylor, NM

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Mount Taylor is a massive, extinct volcano located about 50 miles west of Albuquerque.









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Friday, August 28, 2009

Red Rock State Park part 2

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Update: Uncropped velvet ant photo added for research porpoises:

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Monday, August 24, 2009

Red Rock State Park part 1

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