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Sunset Crater and the San Francisco Peaks

Heather — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:28:00 +0000

The last stop on our teacher workshop field trip before heading back to Phoenix was Sunset Crater National Monument, a cindercone volcano in northern Arizona. When we were leaving the park, we caught a gorgeous view of the sun peaking through the monsoon clouds and shining on the San Francisco Peaks. As we drove out of Flagstaff, the sky beneath the clouds turned a brilliant shade of magenta. It was a beautiful sunset, which was short-lived as we then drove through pouring rain all the way back to Phoenix.

Moonsoon at SP Crater

Heather — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:58:10 +0000

While on the teacher workshop field trip in northern Arizona, one of our stops was a cindercone volcano called SP Crater. When we arrived at the cone, the sky was blue with a few puffy clouds. We spent less than an hour climbing around collecting cinders and lava bombs before gathering at the bottom to discuss what we had found.

About that time, the sky started looking like the second panorama and giant cracks of thunder were booming, so we decided it was time to go. I took the nine photos in the second panorama and hopped in the minivan, and as soon as we started driving down the dirt road towards the main road, the sky opened up. It was pouring rain blowing in sideways and hailing, and we were driving in minivans (no four-wheel drive…) on a road that quickly turned to mud. I rolled down the window every so often so I could get pictures (and video!) but could only leave it down for a few seconds before I (and my camera) were soaked; those are the middle two photos. It’s not a geology field trip without some sort of adventure! The last few photos are the view of the storm after we had gotten back onto the main road. We got out just in time!

Scenic Arizona drive

Heather — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:42:35 +0000

Once in Arizona, we went on a scenic drive going north on AZ87 out of Scottsdale. As the road curves around through the mountains, it’s absolutely gorgeous. I made this video on my Canon 7D. The song is “That’s What’s Wrong” by Good Old War. The road was a bit bumpy at times, but it was a fun drive!

Fort Davis, TX 1

Heather — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:46:48 +0000

On our way out to Arizona from Houston, Em and I stopped for the night in Fort Davis, TX. We saw a gorgeous sunset with some amazing mammatus clouds and stayed in the fabulous Harvard Hotel.

Black and whites

Heather — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:56:41 +0000

In my living room over my couch I have a picture wall with a dozen 8×10 pictures. Previously, they had been all in color, but we decided to get a new set of different pictures printed in black and white. They look so much better! The color ones were nice but all of them in black and white makes them seem more like a set. Below are the ones hanging on my wall, as well as two in a double frame on another wall in the living room.

And the two on the other wall. The top one is from a park in Houston. The bottom one was taken along the Colorado River in Utah. I like how the shapes mimic each other.