Granite Reef

Red Mountain at sunset from across the lower Salt River.

Location:33°30'51.636" N 111°40'56.538" W // https://bit.ly/GRNTEReef

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The Sandy Veil

This is the backside of the storm that rolled through Phoenix on Monday. After the wall of sand comes through and the sky goes dark, the first hint of resolution is sun attempting to push its’ way through the mass of dirt and sand to settle on the land again. The initial light is diffused amongst millions if not billions of particles of sand providing an ethereal color and glow that is far easier to experience than to describe.

Location:33°4'27.594" N 112°7'2.814" W // https://bit.ly/sandyveil

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Wall of Sand

Monsoon season has arrived! We’ve had multiple storms roll through the area and while I was busy on Sunday and didn’t have a chance to get out I made up for it by driving down to Maricopa yesterday to catch this Dust Storm/Haboob as it rolled over the fields. The biggest danger from these storms becomes visibility on the highway. You can see how quickly visibility drops. A secondary issues can come in the form of Valley Fever which is caused by a fungus that grows in the dry soil of the southwest and can be picked up and transported with the moving sand.

Location:33°4'28.092" N 112°7'2.388" W // https://bit.ly/WalloSand

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Wilderness Edge

Landscape photography can be a lot of guesswork. This photo is the result of a trip up to the rim in the hopes of catching the twilight hour on the Mogollon Rim with the launch of a SpaceX rocket as the primary subject. The weather and timing of the launch worked out well, the visibility of the rocket did not. The time, as always, was not wasted as it was a beautiful evening on the rim.

Location:34°18'38.376" N 110°56'26.022" W // https://bit.ly/MGRim

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Overwatch

A firefighting helicopter heads for a landing after attacking the Pocket Fire in Sedona, Arizona.

Location: 34°51'12.618" N 111°47'22.242" W // https://bit.ly/SedonaOverwatch

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Dixie Mountain Saddle

I wasn’t planning to do much of a hike this day. I was looking for some owls I had seen on another photographers IG feed and ended up part way up the Dixie Mountain trail. The trail continues around the mountain past this saddle and is a hike I’d definitely like to finish some day when it’s not over 100 degrees outside.

Location: 33°44'47.532" N 112°5'42.378" W // https://bit.ly/DixieMtnSaddle

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Navajo Sandstone

Sunlight filters through the Navajo Sandstone above the waters of Horseshoe Bend.

Location: 36°52'47.304" N 111°30'36.87" W // https://bit.ly/navajosandstone

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The Junco

Anyone who has sat still in one spot out in nature for a while probably knows that the longer you sit quietly, the more the vacuum created by your presence begins to fill again with the sounds and sights of the natural world around you. This little guy came wandering up after I’d been staked out for about an hour at the top of Mt. Lemmon

Location: 32°26'25.476" N 110°46'59.514" W // https://bit.ly/TheJunco

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The Wide View

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods;

There is a rapture on the lonely shore;

There is society, where none intrudes,

By the deep sea, and music in its roar:

I love not man the less, but Nature more...

- Lord Byron

Location: 32°26'25.98" N 110°46'58.8" W // https://bit.ly/thewideview

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Go Rest High...

I struggle with location scouting, not because I don’t know what it is I’m looking for….but because once I see a decent view I have a hard time leaving to go check out other views that might or might not be better. When I reached this vista at the top of Schnebly Hill Road I fell into my usual bad habit and thus I sat here for about five hours before packing up. It wasn’t all bad though. The world of a busy inter-city trauma center is a dictionary definition of overstimulation and to sit on the side of a mountain for a few hours hearing nothing but the wind is fine by me.

Location: 34°53'22.416" N 111°42'12.282" W // https://bit.ly/SHVista

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Up

A cluster of palm tree’s rise toward the sky along a lagoon in Phoenix, AZ

Location: 33°27'12.948" N 111°56'43.92" W // https://bit.ly/PhxUp

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Feather Canyons

Birds fly into the light as the sun backs the stoney ridgelines of Sedona Arizona.

Location: 34°53'22.212" N 111°42'12.492" W // https://bit.ly/feathercanyons

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The Haven Fire

The Hazen fire started on May 2nd in the rugged and dense terrain of the Gila River Bottom. This same terrain has made the task of fighting the fire difficult. Driving to work not he 2nd I could see the large loom up from my apartment almost 40 miles away. Aggressive work on the ground and from the air has been successful and current containment is listed as 78%.

Location: 33°21'46.938" N 112°33'55.422" W // https://bit.ly/azhazenfire

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Almost Heaven

The gradient glow of sunset backlights the scarred remnants of the Bighorn Fire and fills the valley thousands of feet below.

Location: 32°27'8.574" N 110°47'0.366" W // https://bit.ly/th3mtn

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A Sky Full of Gold

The Lemmon Rock Lookout Tower was originally erected in 1913 with the current iteration being built in 1928. Sitting at over 8700 feet in elevation it is the oldest lookout tower in the Coronado National Forest and is still active today. For over a century the tower has stood watch over the forest and the expanding city of Tucson.

Location: 32°26'25.608" N 110°46'59.154" W // https://bit.ly/mtlmnfirewtch

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Learning to Fly

A paraglider soars over the distant skyline as the sun touches the peaks of the Harqualhala Mountains.

Location: 33°44'47.256" N 112°5'42.456" W // https://bit.ly/snstflight

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Oasis

Hole In the Rock rises above a lagoon at Papago Park in Phoenix, AZ.

Location: 33°27'12.654" N 111°56'44.172" W // https://bit.ly/PPOasis

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Schnebly Hill View

If you can put up with the extensive bumps and rocking back and forth you’re going to be doing in your [high clearance off-road oriented] vehicle, Schnebly Hill Road has amazing views and plenty of areas to pull and enjoy them.

Location: 34°52'30.096" N 111°42'30.498" W // https://tinyurl.com/SchnblyHllRd

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Grayscale

The day this photo was taken was unfortunately overcast, giving the sky and ground a flat color profile. Even so, the view remained impressive, and it’s hard to comprehend the 20–30 million years it took for these buttes and spires to form. Just beyond the fence line sits the promontory known as John Ford Point. Director John Ford, famous for his Westerns, featured this overlook and Monument Valley in many of his films.

Location: 36°57'12.6" N 110°5'16.56" W // https://tinyurl.com/GryScale

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Wander

I did have a plan or a specific image in mind. I just looked out my window at home and figured it might be a decent sunset and the FOMO [fear of missing out] took it from there. We had also had a little bit of rain come through the area the day before and so far I haven’t been able to pass on a chance to get my 4Runner out and splash through some mud. I headed out to Gold Canyon again and found that one of “my spots” has been removed. I’m not sure if that is a permanent change or just for the time being but it forced me to a different trailhead then I was used to. I took a short hike down the Lost Gold Mine trail, keeping a very close eye and ear out for snakes as it was close to sunset, has been quite a bit warmer than usual lately and I know they are starting to be more active this time of year. The evening was peaceful and while clouds didn’t catch as much of the sunset as I would have liked the green of the desert from the recent rain stood well against the more muted tones of the rock face as a golden haze settled toward twilight.

Location: 33°23'32.088" N 111°21'20.172" W // https://bit.ly/GCpeaceful

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