Fireworks
Golden sparks
Red, white and blue
Layers of fireworks
Big Dipper over the house
Sunset on McIntosh Lake
Rain to the west
Great Blue Heron looking for a snack
Sunflower
Misty Presidential Range
The Gunnison River near Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Along the Gunnison River
Gunnison River with haze from the wildfire in the canyon
Craggy peaks on the approach to Ouray, CO, from the north
Ouray, CO
Leaving Ouray on the Million Dollar Highway
Looking down on Ouray from the climb out
Tucked in the mountains
Switzerland of America
Million Dollar Highway tunnel
Waterfall along the highway
Red Mountain outside Silverton
Silverton, CO
Animas River, Silverton
Durango & SIlverton RR heading back to Durango
Southbound
Silverton door
Raven of Durango
Entrance stairs to Balcony House at Mesa Verde
Mesa Verde National Park
The descent to Balcony House
Narrow path along the cliff face
The first ladder
32 feet high ladder to enter Balcony House
The top of the ladder and the canyon below
Peeking through a window into the second chamber
Balcony House detail
The view from Balcony House
Detail of soot and ghost walls
Window
Passageway to the second chamber
Detail of wooden vigas
Balcony House kiva
Kiva ventilation shaft
Clff Palace, Mesa Verde
Clff Palace
Cliff Palace dark rocks
Path up Clff Palace
Clff Palace kiva
Looking down into a kiva
The round hole in the kiva floor is the Sipapu, where they believe their ancestors emerged into this world
One of the more than 600 cliff dwellings scattered around Mesa Verde
Exiting Cliff Palace
Dark rocks by the exit
The Ancestral Puebloans would have used hand and foot holds in the rocks, not a ladder
Fire damage from a wildfire at Mesa Verde
Another hidden dwelling
The Square Tower House
Many vigas still intact
Detail of kivas
A lizard whose tail is growing back
Pit house on the mesa (cuesta)
Detail on the Sun Temple, with what looks like water drainage
View from the Sun Temple
view of Cliff Palace from the Sun Temple
Vigas intact in a kiva at the Far View SItes
Circular detail on the south side of a wall
Detail in relation to the site
Expansive view on the way down from Mesa Verde
Sandstone cuestas, plains and rocky peaks
Coming down from Mesa Verde
The La Plata range
Ute Mountain
Outside Towaoc, CO
The desert of extreme southwest Colorado
Four Corners National Monument - Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah
Four Corners
Four Corners survey marker
Cane cholla
Looking towards Arizona/Utah from Four Corners
Horses grazing the desert in Arizona
Dangerous desert
World Famous Four Corners Monument
Welcome to the Navajo Nation
The road to Arizona
Welcome to Arizona
Arizona highway
Ship Rock in New Mexico
Lobato Mesa
Ashley Pond Park, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Los Alamos historical marker
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory marker
The Oppenheimer House
Oppenheimer's house
The Power House on Bathtub Row
Los Alamos National Lab gate
Original guard tower
Santa Fe, New Mexico, art
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe
Santa Fe walkway
Dragon in Santa Fe
Santa Fe Pioneer Monument
Cathedral rose window
Entering the National Radio Astronomy Observatory Very Large Array outside Magdalena, New Mexico
VLA self-guided tour stops
VLA sundial detail with dishes in the background
Names of scientists who visited
VLA in the C configuration
One of the 27 94 foot dishes
Music of the spheres
Dishes and the rail system
No Parking
The array
Prototype for the next generation dish
Fixed dish
Antenna Barn
Rail transporter
Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe
Santa Fe door
Santa Fe wares
Santa Fe Plaza at dusk
Great Blue Heron on the McIntosh Lake shore
WIldfire smoke sunset
WIldfire smoke sunrise