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Desert Sunset


Desert Sunset
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Copyright: JC Ramos (jramos) Silver Note Writer [C: 7 W: 1 N: 78] (389)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2003-10-23
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon PowerShot S30
Exposure: f/4, 1/8 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2006-01-30 20:47
Viewed: 561
Points: 5
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Albuquerque sunset from the Sandia Mountains with cholla cactus in the foreground and Tso'odzil(a.k.a. "Mt. Taylor") in the background.

Mount Taylor is a stratovolcano in northwest New Mexico (35° 14' 16"N, 107° 36' 25"W) northeast of the town of Grants. It was named in 1849 for then president Zachary Taylor. Prior to that, it was called Cebolleta (tender onion) by the Spanish, and Tso'odzil by the Navajo. Both the Navajo and the Acoma consider it to be sacred. The mountain's peak is at 11,301 ft (3445 m), making it the highest point in the Cibola National Forest.

Mount Taylor is largly forested, rising like a blue cone above the desert below. Its slopes were an important source of lumber for neighboring pueblos.

Mount Taylor was active from 3.3 to 1.5 million years ago during the Pliocene, and is surrounded by a field of smaller inactive volcanos. It is part of the same volcanic system as the nearby El Malpais.

Taken From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Taylor

This sacred mountain was fastened to earth with a stone knife and covered with a blue sky blanket decorated with turquoise, white corn, dark mists and female rain. A turquoise basket with two eggs of the Bluebird was placed on the highest peak, and covered with sacred buckskin. These were to be for feathers. Big Snake was to guard the doorway of Turquoise Boy and the Girl Who Carries One Grain of Corn in the south.

The Sandia Mountains are a mountain range located in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, immediately to the Northeast of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Sandia Range is largely within Cibola National Forest. The highest point is Sandia Crest at 10,678 ft (3,255 m). South Sandia Peak is 9,702 ft (2,957 m) in elevation.

Sandia means watermelon in Spanish, and is a reference to the red color of the mountains at sunset. The spanish also noted that the many trees, being green in the winter time, made the peak look like the rind of a watermeleon, hence part of the name.

Taken From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandia_Mountains
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I like how you've coupled the lights of the city with this beautiful sunset and the sillhouettes here. Nice spot to shoot from.I think that this shot would probably be better though if the horizon were further from the center. Also if the cholla's were further to the left. Maybe I'll do a workshop to see if I'm right or not. Interesting note you've got here. Thanks for the effort you put into gathering that info.
See ya!
T-dawg

I like this one!

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  • Niva Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1150 W: 2 N: 842] (10469)
  • [2007-03-25 22:38]

I liked it!
Very nice sunset!
Regards,
Nivaldo.

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