Uploads from gdraskoy, tagged arizona

saguaro cacti near Tucson, Arizona

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:06:45 -0700

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Saguaro cactus Carnegiea gigantea, grows very slowly. and depending on location a 1 inch tall cactus can be 6-10 ten years old. First branch appears around age 60, 15-18 feet tall. They reach full height 43-46 feet (13 meter) when they are 173-200 years old. (depending location). If temperature is below freezing point for more than 20 hours they die.

settling the argument ~ így kell a vitát eldönteni

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:22:50 -0800

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Truly a Historical American Landmark, Tombstone is America's best example of our 1880 western heritage, which is well preserved with original 1880's buildings and artifacts featured in numerous museums and re enacting the old timers' daily life.
Today Tombstone is a tourist town which made famous by the days of lawlessness and violence, climaxed with the infamous Earp-Clanton battle, fought near the rear entrance of the O.K. Corral, on October 26, 1881.
Originally Tombstone was a silver and gold mining town before rising underground waters forced suspension of operations. During World War I, Tombstone was a major producer of manganese for the government. In World War II, Tombstone was extracting lead for the cause.

Picacho Peak State Park

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:29:30 -0800

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Traveling along I-10 in southern Arizona can’t miss the prominent 1,500-foot peak of Picacho Peak State Park, between Tucson Phoenix. The Battle of Picacho Peak was an engagement of the American Civil War on April 15, 1862. The action occurred all around Picacho Peak, 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Tucson, Arizona. It was fought between a Union cavalry patrol from California and a party of Confederate pickets from Tucson, and marks the westernmost battle of the American Civil War.

time travel to XIX century ~ utazás az idõben

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:02:05 -0800

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reflection-2

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:41:30 -0800

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In February 2009 I was visiting the Grand Canyon in Arizona. It was a sunny day and fresh now on the ground. I lady was coming towards me, I saw my reflections in her sun glasses and I asked her to take a picture of myself in her sunglasses. The lenses are distorting. In the back ground is the Grand Canyon.

Bisbee Arizona

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:37:10 -0800

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Bisbee, Arizona is a center in many of Judith A. Jance books and the fiction character: Sheriff Joanna Brady.

Jumping Cholla at sunset time

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 17:04:39 -0700

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Cylindropuntia fulgida, the Jumping cholla
The "jumping cholla" name comes from the ease with which the stems detach when brushed, giving the impression that the stem jumped onto you.

bird in a saguaro cactus

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:28:52 -0700

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Saguaro cactus reach full height 43-46 feet (13 meter) when they are 173-200 years old. Often there are birds nesting in the cactus,

erosion

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:04:42 -0800

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This is what time, and weather can do!
On the Catalina Highway coming down from Coronado National Forest,

parking-lot lights

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:40:08 -0800

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Tucson gem and mineral show is the world largest such show. On 65 locations and last for 2 weeks. I saw this lamp post in one of the many parking lots. (56 reflectors)
Some photographers take pictures only of flowers, the other s just landscapes, I photograph everything what catches my eyes.

palm tree in Arizona

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:17:07 -0800

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To my Flickr friends who are shivering in the cold.

in the garden of the desert museum

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:37:19 -0800

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The Arizona - Sonora Desert Museum is world-renowned zoo, natural history museum and botanical garden, all in in one place. The garden exhibits 1200 plants. Sorry, I do not know this tree, or the bird.
Just had an e-mail: the bird is on a giant agave.

Stone woman in Arizona~ a megkövesedett asszony

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:06:50 -0800

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Can you see the stone women? or the mushroom? What is the women leaning to?
~Minek döl a megkövesedd asszony, látod a nagy gombát? Vagy csak én látok meg ilyesmit?

South Arizona landscape

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:42:10 -0800

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In Arizona every minute you can see a different landscape.

oasis at Agua Caliente Park, Arizona

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:40:58 -0800

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An oasis in the Sonoran desert, near Tucson ~Current temperature of the spring is approximately 87 degrees Fahrenheit. There were originally two springs, one a "Hot Spring" and the other a "Cold Spring". The two springs produced a water flow of up to 500 gallons per minute. The two springs were blasted in the mid-1930's, creating one spring with a temperature of 72 degrees year round. This reduced the water flow to between 150 and 300 gallons per minute.
~ Archaic projectile points found within the park boundaries suggest that the site was used by hunters and gatherers 5500 years ago.

reflection

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:18:42 -0800

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open pit copper mine

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:20:12 -0800

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see on large
The Lavender Pit is a former open pit copper mine located at 31.4310 N, 109.9002 W near Bisbee in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The pit covers an area of 300 acres (1.2 km²), and is 900 feet (274 m) deep
Besbee, Arizona, has been one of the greatest copper camps the world has ever known. In almost 100 years of continuous production before the Bisbee mines closed in 1975, the local mines produced metals valued at $6.1 billion (at 1975 price) one of the largest production valuations of all the mining districts in the world.

San Xavier del Bac Mission's Cemetery

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:08:37 -0800

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The Tohono O'odham peoples cemetery, 7 miles from Tucson, Arizona
In O'odham language, "Tohono O'odham" means "Desert People."
The Tohono O'odham belong to their own nation, separate from the United States. They have their own flag, government, and police.
There are about 20,000 members of the Tohono O'odham Nation.
(I learned something new)

cougars in the Arizona - Sonora Desert Museum

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:00:19 -0700

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The Arizona - Sonora Desert Museum is world-renowned zoo, natural history museum and botanical garden, all in in one place.

near the Glen canyon dam

nobody@flickr.com (gdraskoy) — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:02:47 -0700

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The Glen Canyon Dam is the second largest dam on the Colorado River at Page, Arizona, USA.