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| "Pearl", our new touring mount, an `05 Yamaha FJR1300,
at one of the overlooks at Natural Bridges National Monument |
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Olympus C2100UZ
9/25/2004
12:01:46 PM
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Sipapu Bridge is the largest of the three
bridges in the National monument. It was formed by countless floods that shaped and
smoothed it with the rocks and sand they carried over thousands of years. |
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Olympus C2100UZ
9/25/2004
1:53:22 PM
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| The more you look, the more you see. Sipapu Bridge is
in the lower left center quadrant. |
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Olympus C2100UZ
9/25/2004
1:53:31 PM
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The scale of these formations isn't
apparent until you start to close in on them. The dome of the United States Capitol
would almost fit into Sipapu. |
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Olympus C2100UZ
9/25/2004
1:59:52 PM
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| It never ceases to amaze me what wind and water, over
time, can create. I can't imagine a sculptor creating something this majestic, with
such flowing shapes, on this scale, except "the hand of God". |
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Olympus C2100UZ
9/25/2004
2:20:27 PM
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Another example of the fickle effects
of wind and water. Almost as if the child of a giant had taken a scoop out of the packed
sand in his colossal sand box. |
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Olympus C2100UZ
9/25/2004
2:20:34 PM
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| In amongst the sere browns and grays are scattered stunning colors left
behind by different elements that were dissolved during the eons of water erosion. I'm
beginning to understand where Walt Disney got the idea for The Painted Desert.
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Olympus C2100UZ
9/25/2004
2:00:40 PM
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