Photograph of the Dirt

Below is a finished photograph of another erosion feature from the San Simon Valley.  Erosion of denuded landscape produces fractal like patterns which can only be appreciated from the air and is just one of the many uses of a weight shift control light sport aircraft.

The landscape takes on a completely different character from just a few feet above the ground and flying at low levels across open countryside is one way to appreciate the beauty.  Here is a link to a truly spectacular video of low level aviation from Washington State.  Entitled One October Evening this video demonstrates the beauty of low level aviation in a weight shift control light sport aircraft.

Erosion features in the San Simon Valley near Rodeo New Mexico

Abandoned Ranch

The maintenance on the Air Creation 582 Buggy is finished and test flights followed late yesterday, but took some time to catch a few photographs.  Below are 2 photographs from the flight.  One is an abandoned ranch that sits just to the north east of the runway. While the roof is long gone the simple cattle maze is intact.  The second is of a small erosional feature just south and appears to be the only drainage used to fill the cattle tank during the monsoon season.

Abandoned Ranch in the San Simon Valley

Solitary erosion feature

Edge of the Playa

Drainages and erosion in the desert often produce unique patterns best appreciated from the air. The larger patterns are frequently found along arroyos where their intricate design is a function of water flow and soil composition, but interesting patterns also emerge around the edges of playas. The playas are the lowest areas in these enclosed drainage basins and where the dip is the shallowest. One would not expect unusual patterns where the water flow rate is the lowest but contrary to this expectation a myriad of branched patterns exist along the edge of this water filled playa. Resembling capillary beds these small drainage features can be found all around the edge of the playa and are best visualized in a water filled playa.






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