(Click on the photo to enlarge.) Th Wupatki Ruins are in Northern Arizona, just north of Flagstaff near Sunset Crater at the Wupatki National Monument. Their website states that the Wupatki Pueblo was the largest pueblo in the area less than 800 years ago. It served as a meeting place of different local cultures. The photo was taken with a … Read More
Upper Slot Canyon
(Click on the photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.) This is another of my Slot Canyon Series photographs taken in the Upper Slot Canyon in Antelope Canyon near Page, AZ. The slot canyon walls are made of sandstone and have formed after thousands of years of water and wind erosion. In this image … Read More
Colorado River at Horseshoe Bend
(Click on the photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.) This is the right side of Horseshoe Bend in the Colorado River near Page, AZ. Photo taken with a Canon EOS D60, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, 1/250 sec at f/22, ISO 400 on Lexar Digital Film.
Old West Structure at Lee’s Ferry
(Click on the photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.) This is another view of the old buildings at Lee’s Ferry (see yesterday’s Daily Photo). The stone structure with the vegas are typical of buildings there in the late 19th century and early 20th century. At that time, Lee’s Ferry was the only crossing … Read More
Vigas in a Lee’s Ferry Building
(Click on the photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.) These vigas (rough-hewn roof timbers or rafters) are common in southwest architecture, especially stone and adobe buildings. Lee’s Ferry is located on the Colorado River about 7.5 miles southwest of Page, AZ and the Glen Canyon Dam, and 9 miles south of the Arizona-Utah … Read More