Archive for September 2nd, 2007


River into Salt Canyon AZ

Arizona and Utah have absolutely spectacular and ever-changing vistas. Huge canyons, massive mesas, forest, rolling hillsides, old lava flows. This photo is just a tiny glimpse of what they offer.

River into Salt Canyon AZ

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Sunset from Mt. Lemmon AZ

sunset from Mt. Lemmon AZ

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Hoodoo

A hoodoo is eroded rock, photo taken on Mt. Lemmon in Tucson AZ

hoodoo rock Mt. Lemmon AZ

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Can capitalism solve global warming?

Judging from its response to Katrina in New Orleans, the answer is no.

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Pine Beetle’s deadly march

Driving through southern Utah today from Arizona, we saw thousands of pine trees that have been killed by the voracious pine beetle. Normally, severe winter cold will slow down the pine beetle, but winters lately in the American West have been warmer, another effect of climate change.

Treehugger has a photo and more information on the apparently unstoppable march of the pine beetle.

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