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Showing posts with label desert landscape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label desert landscape. Show all posts
Monday
Low level Aerial Panorama of Sulfur Canyon and the Chiricahua Mountains
Centered on Sulfur Canyon on the east side of the Chiricahua Mountains this panorama photograph is composed of 10 images. Taken from just above a small double hill which sits at the mouth of Sulfur Canyon (31 50' 49.35" N, 109 06' 45.66" W) and 1 mile from the cliff face, the image stretches from just south of Cave Creek Canyon on the right side of the image (north), south along the mountain range to Squaw Mountain just north of the entrance to Price Canyon, a distance of approximately 16 miles. One of the double hill hilltops is visible in the foreground at the bottom center of the low level aerial photograph giving the impression of a ground based panoramic photograph. The "steep bank turn" practical test standards maneuver was used to set the aircraft's flight path and capture the 10 consecutive images.
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Thursday
New Mexico’s Bootheel Photo Documentation Project
If you have looked at the San Simon Valley, where the Sky Gypsies are based, recently on Google Earth you will note that new photographs of the landscape have started appearing. By combining Aerotrekking in weight shift control aircraft with aerial photography as described in this post it is possible to create landscape photographs of this area of the country from a unique perspective not available to many.
Photo documenting the bootheel while Aerotrekking across New Mexico. Click to enlarge.
Besides the satellite imagery and traditional view down aerial photographic information collected by the USGS, there is little photographic information on this part of New Mexico which is one of the least visited areas of the state. Since the basin and range region is ideally suited to low level (Aerotrekking) aerial photography and with the initial success of the photography experiments expanding the project is natural.
The 1200 square miles that comprise the bootheel lies in Hidaglo county New Mexico and is part of the almost 30,000 square miles of the Gadsden Purchase of 1854. While the bootheel proper is in Hiladgo county New Mexico and covers only a small part of the Gadsden Purchase, the expanded project includes photographs from some areas outside of the bootheel (south of I-10) but still lies within the area covered by the Gadsden Purchase. The photographic collections of the bootheel may be found here with additional photographs here. The current status of the project may be seen on this map or follow the project on Google Earth and watch as more photographs appear over time.
Entrance to Horseshoe Canyon seen while Aerotrekking in the San Simon Valley on the east flank of the Chiricahua Mountains. Click to enlarge.
Photo documenting the bootheel while Aerotrekking across New Mexico. Click to enlarge.
Besides the satellite imagery and traditional view down aerial photographic information collected by the USGS, there is little photographic information on this part of New Mexico which is one of the least visited areas of the state. Since the basin and range region is ideally suited to low level (Aerotrekking) aerial photography and with the initial success of the photography experiments expanding the project is natural.
The 1200 square miles that comprise the bootheel lies in Hidaglo county New Mexico and is part of the almost 30,000 square miles of the Gadsden Purchase of 1854. While the bootheel proper is in Hiladgo county New Mexico and covers only a small part of the Gadsden Purchase, the expanded project includes photographs from some areas outside of the bootheel (south of I-10) but still lies within the area covered by the Gadsden Purchase. The photographic collections of the bootheel may be found here with additional photographs here. The current status of the project may be seen on this map or follow the project on Google Earth and watch as more photographs appear over time.
Entrance to Horseshoe Canyon seen while Aerotrekking in the San Simon Valley on the east flank of the Chiricahua Mountains. Click to enlarge.
Friday
Desert Arteries
Water is the life blood of the desert. This image from Playas Valley captures the drainage patterns which resemble the arteries and smaller arterioles in the body but here feeding the desert. This drainage leads into the Playa that runs down the center of the valley. Note the power poles for scale, or go to here to see it on the satellite map. The image is on the upper right on the satellite map.
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