from "Compelling Landscapes" presenting Gallery 66 ... Arizona Map Click on Pictures below for closer View
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largest man made lake in the USA ©1213 Glen Canyon Recreation Area; Lake Powell, North AZ Vermilion Cliffs , 2000 miles of Shoreline, 96 Canyons |
Painting ©1225 Red Prickly Pear Cactus |
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| Painting ©1221 Red Rock Reflections (stream covers road after rain) |
Painting ©1219 San Xavier Del Bac Mission, Phoenix Arizona |
Painting ©1212 South Rim of the Grand Canyon |
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| Arizona Painting ©1214 Bend in the Gila River |
Arizona
Painting ©1220 Arizona Style Adobe |
©1218 Colorado River in Topock AZ; Needles Peak Mts |
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| ©1222 Suguaro Sunset Santa Rosa Mts - Tucson AZ |
Arizona Painting ©1215 Sedona's Red Hills |
©1223 Tuzigoot - Sinagua Indian Pueblo |
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| ©1226 Skulls and Peppers Icons of the Southwest | Arizona Sunset Painting ©1228 Monument Valley |
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| ©1216 Cactus Landscape Phoenix Botannical Gardens |
©1217 Sedona's Oak Creek Canyon | © 1227 Yuma Lettuce Field Photograph |
This Gallery
captures the essence of each of Arizona's major regions...some harsh,
some gentle, always scenic.
Over a million acres in size, Glen Canyon
Recreation Area is shared with southern Utah. The waters
of Lake Powell, created when the Glen Canyon Dam was completed,
have been captivating campers, fishermen and red rock explorers
since 1966. The South Rim of
the Grand Canyon has a fine view of the Colorado River.
There are many Red Rock Canyons
in the south west deserts...Sedona,
Topock, Las Vegas, not
to mention Utah, New Mexico, California. Sudden flash
floods often occur.
The Colorado River
has carved many canyons including Topock Gorge seen here with
the Needles Peak Mts in the distance. The Bend in the Gila River, near Globe Arizona,
is a tributary of the Colorado river.
Yuma's Lettuce Field relies on Ditch Irrigation from the
Colorado River. There are also prominent smaller rivers like
the Santa Cruz river...flowing freely when it stimulated Tucson's
San Xavier del Bac Mission...but flows
now only in the rainy season. Rivers have always been
the mainstay of a culture; Tuzigoot National
Monument reveals the remnants of a Sinagua Indian Pueblo
built 3000 years ago...sustained by the Verde River.
Not all appreciation for water
is for providing human needs.
Sedona's Oak Creek Canyon, between
Sedona and Flagstaff, is just plain beautiful! And
Monument Valley's beauty sports not
a drop!!
Skulls and Peppers
are Icons of the Southwest. They were used by cowboys
and the Indians before them as a message of caution\danger for
those who passed by. Today they're found hung on
walls or in the domestic landscape to emote the feel of the
southwest.
In the less watered areas
grow cactus, cactus, cactus. The
Red Prickly Pear cactus is among
the first domesticated plants in the entire world; seeds were
found 12000ya in a Mexican Cave. The
Mexican Old Man Cactus stands tall in
the landscapes of many adobe homes. The
Suguaro Cactus may provide the
perfect foreground for a sunset or nestle with like kind
in a Phoenix Botannical Garden Cactus
Landscape as does the Blue Agave, Organ Pipe Cactus, and
Mexican Fence Post Cactus.
Cactus is Arizona's feat of survival!!
Paul and Marilyn Peck
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Last Updated 7-31-2011