San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - 2
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Drive along Big Sur, California
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Beverly Hills, California
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Le Brea tar pits
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Yes but it's asphalt not tar and ponds not pits ... all sorts of creatures got trapped in the black stuff up to 38,000 years ago.
Noel Thomas38,000 years ago did they evolve sufficiently to realise it was not very smart to go into the black stuff?
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According to the local expert this is how a 30 year old woman "may" have looked in prehistoric times. I wonder where she plugged in her hairdryer!?
The Getty, Los Angeles
10 ottobre 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
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Specially for our friends in France- do you recognize this local view. Taken in the 1800s. S
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Self portrait by Frank Auerbach who was such a perfectionist that he made holes in the paper. So he just stuck some more on top and carried on. Good idea! S
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A fabulous building with a view of L.A. Too much building and not enough art for me, though. S
Hollywood
10 ottobre 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
You know the hollywood sign
That stands in the hollywood hills
I don't think the christ of the andes
Ever blessed so many ills
You know the hollywood sign
The witness to our confusion
A symbolLeggi altro
Desert Center, United States
10 ottobre 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Drove across the desert to get from LA to Phoenix ... hot and dry.
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Amazed at how many wind farms there are. It seems that although the US politicians are mostly in denial about climate change at least the Californians are getting on with it!
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The goods trains are miles long and this one was transporting armaments. Enough for most armies on one train.
In and around Phoenix, Arizona
10 ottobre 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
A large sprawling city of 1.5 million people. Very hot (45+) in the summer and very dry - you can feel yourself desiccating as you walk along! Fortunately it was only in the upper 30s for us.
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Went to see thousands of bats emerging from the famous Phoenix bat cave but Google Maps led us to the wrong side of the canal ....
Musical Instrument Museum
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Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix
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Heard Museum, Phoenix
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Flagstaff, Arizona
12 ottobre 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Lovely small town high (7000 feet) on the Colorado plateau with a famous historic route running right through the middle!
In and around Flagstaff
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Really feel at home here.
Grand Canyon, United States
13 ottobre 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Has to be seen to be believed ....
Sunset near the Canyon
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Grand Canyon wildlife
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Looking at this an an email came in and the iPad went 'Choo Choo'. Spooky.....
Tuzigoot National Monument, Arizona
15 ottobre 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
Evidence of ealier occupation in this area but this partly restored ruin was developed over many decades about 1000 years ago.
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Many rooms wind down the hill in both directions. No doorways; entrance by ladder for greater security
Red Rocks, Sedona
15 ottobre 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
There's a lot of red sandstone in and around Sedona. They make a lot of cowboy films around here.
Walnut Canyon National Monument
15 ottobre 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Look carefully at the first picture, Native Americans lived here long ago half way up the cliff. How did they do it? All will be revealed in the following pictures and comments
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The lighter area about 1/3 in from the left and 1/3 down is a house with two windows - the black holes.
Flagstaff images - Nigel
16 ottobre 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Went for a walk around "old town" Flagstaff (founded 1876) and captured some lovely images of the town. Height above sea level 7000 feet; population 70,320 plus us two.
Flagstaff images - Sandra
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Walnut Canyon flora and fauna
16 ottobre 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Sadly all the river has been diverted to provide Flagstaff with water so the habitat is changing.
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It's an interesting mixture of pines down the bottom and desert plants up the top.
Wupatki National Monument
19 ottobre 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ 🌙 2 °C
Sunset Crater
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Arizona Meteor Crater
19 ottobre 2016, Stati Uniti ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
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Very true but what about the Astronaut figure and American flag on the bottom right????
Noel ThomasAs I recall, the ejecta flanks of the Barringer crater have been used for astronaut training and equipment tests, since Project Apollo in the 1960’s. Due to the geological composition of the crater it has provided an ideal site for exploration tests, including sampling and drilling using hand held tools, including the coring drill.