>
>> Along my hike this past Thursday I came across some interesting
>> wildflowers, some of which I haven't seen in years and a few that I have
>> never seen before.
>>
>>
>> At higher elevations some Ocotillo were found, and this one was in
>> full bloom:
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8644811991/in/photostream
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8644812069/in/photostream
>>
>
>Interesting. When Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship first
>made the journey to Phoenix for the winter of 1926, they set up a temporary
>camp and named it Ocotillo after the plant. I hadn't seen one until your
>photo.
>
It was a nice opportunity as that one was just downslope from the road I
was walking along and it was in full bloom. Usually the flowers are to high to
photograph that closely.
>
>> My goal for this part of the hike was to get to a ridge where I could
>> take an unobstructed photo of a volcanic neck, which is the lava portion of
>> a shield volcano where the cinders and ash have been aroded away:
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8644746131/in/photostream
>>
>>
>
> Very nice desert landscape shot.
>
Here's the panoramic view that I took from that spot:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8652406790/in/photostream
I didn't care for it very much due to the aspect ratio of the merged photos. I
should have used a vertical format for the individual photos. Still, it does
serve to show the volcanic nature of the area.
Chris
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