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An organ blast for sunrise
I took a friend and my girlfriend out to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument this weekend. We had an awesome time camping for two nights, grilling steaks, drinking beer, climbing Ajo Peak, and of course -- taking pictures! This is a sunrise shot near ou
Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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wisps and wispers
More scenery around Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument as TinyPirate08 and I explored the desert during sunrise. The clouds were just magical, and untouched by nasty contrails.
Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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An organ serenade to the alpenglow
I was a little bummed our first night in the park was without clouds, but at least I caught some nice alpenglow to the east just after the sun dipped behind the horizon. The spindles to the right is an organ pipe cactus skeleton.
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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Lord of the Organ Pipes
I admit, rather over the top surealism here, but hell -- I like to live dangerously once and a while
Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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Nature's Paintbrush
I guess what I like about this one is the sky -- not because its interesting and dynamic, but because its real. I'm not saying that my other skies aren't real, but this sky is not due to jet contrails. We were so far south that I did not see or hear a sin
Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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3 ways to sunrise
Sometimes you work so hard on getting a picture to work out that even when it doesn't quite cut it, you spent so much time on it you have to post it. This is one such picture....
This is a vertorama of 3 HDR frames. I tonemapped them in...
Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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Good Night Organ Pipe
The sun sets at Organ Pipe.
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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Good Night Organ Pipe
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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Rare double Y-saguaro
Found this rare double Y Saguaro cacuts out along the Ajo Mountain Drive on our way to climb Ajo Mountain out in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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Mount Ajo Summit Ridiculuorama!
Checkout the panorama viewer
Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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Mount Ajo from afar
Not a particularly exciting pic, but this is looking up at Mount Ajo 10 miles to the West from our camp site. This is a quick 3 frame pano taken with my 70-200 lens.
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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Mexico Pano
Looking south upon the Mexican border
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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Cheers!!
I musta had 30lbs on my back on the way up -- 3 liters of water, 32oz of gatorade. 2 sandwiches and random munchies, first aide, headlamp, my big tripod, 3 lenses, and two ice cold beers for my buddy and I to enjoy on the summit!!! Sure was worth it -- Ch
Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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Cactus Bokeh
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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Y Saguaro
A nice symetrical (and rare) Y saguaro.
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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Organs up close
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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detail
a closeup of an organ pipe cactus
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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Organ Pipes
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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Camp
An areal view of our camp
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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The sun sets
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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Last light
View from camp as the stars came out
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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Last light
View from camp as the stars came out
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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Last light
View from camp as the stars came out
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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Woodpecker on a saguaro
This guy sang some nice songs as we walked around shooting the sunrise
Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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Illegal Water stash
The border jumpers stash water out in the desert....
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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Mexico
The mexican border, 3 miles to our south
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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Illegal Water stash
The border jumpers stash water out in the desert....
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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Across the bajada
View across the bajada to Mount Ajo
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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My feet
Gotta get one of my signauture feet on location shots...
Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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The view
One of my good buddies, enjoying the view
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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Last shots
Getting in our last shots for the evening
Date: 01/17/2009
Owner: Jason
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Viewer
Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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Arch
My buddy inspecting a small arch on the trail down from Ajo Peak.
Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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The perfect angle
My buddy getting the perfect angle
Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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From the top
Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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Solar panels and stuff
some weather monitors on the top of Mount Ajo
Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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The parking lot
The parking lot from the top of Mt. Ajo.
Date: 01/18/2009
Owner: Jason
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