|
|
Post by Son Of Beach on Feb 18, 2022 16:52:05 GMT -5
Now THAT is a keeper
|
|
|
|
Post by mohs on Feb 18, 2022 17:18:15 GMT -5
Yo Chad This was the side that was up that caught my eye & crowed out  didn’t expect it be quartzy scan trillion by billions of rocks On these salt river tails like the geology Butte trying to find a a quality seam or lapidary quality rock Is really a trick It actually amazes me ... |
|
|
|
Post by rockjunquie on Feb 18, 2022 21:19:14 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by mohs on Feb 28, 2022 15:35:09 GMT -5
A blue canoe & Pennsylvanian moonstone cruise  The penns moonstone as that really fine schiller sheen effect I didn’t really capture it Butte once it flashes its irresistible chalcedony pale blue slab to make a blue canoe didn’t really capture the pale blu buute it is imbued thank for going down salt w/mohs |
|
|
|
Post by amygdule on Mar 1, 2022 8:05:10 GMT -5
The Blue Canoe looks like Blue Ice Polka Dot Agate from Oregon
|
|
|
|
Post by rockjunquie on Mar 1, 2022 8:26:21 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by mohs on Mar 1, 2022 8:57:04 GMT -5
thanks for the rock i.d., dule
that is really cool !
|
|
|
|
Post by mohs on Mar 1, 2022 16:39:34 GMT -5
thanks for the rock i.d., amygdule that is really cool ! Was going to mention this morning That I was headed out to hound a butte I found on my 4 Peaks Tour It had lots of geological variations  I now call this butte Beeline  Lots of botryoidally chalcedony figured there be fire agate in some Looked & looked butte no such luck Plus because of all the melted quartz I think the butte was formed by magma force Something like that. Anyway the area rocks & will offer great monsoon photo sets the vistas are  Stay tuned…. |
|
|
|
Post by mohs on Mar 4, 2022 16:20:18 GMT -5
Hi guys Not much to see here & it may be silly stumbling my new hobby is to find interesting leaverites take a picture and leave them right there  neat sandstone layering  and that green gneiss had lots of gleam I didn't capture of course ha ha Buute!!! did find some morhz of that solar boar material This is good stuff  Requires a delicate touch to slab & cab Maybe even stabilizing process ? Anyway one step at time Thanks for looking Rock on Mohz |
|
|
|
Post by mohs on Mar 7, 2022 23:34:44 GMT -5
befriended this bass in the Salt River  It hung around the shore while I photoed it I took about 100 pictures w/ the Elf It knew I was there- and was as curious as I These 2 huge carp surfaced and Wanda ran them off  Ha ha
|
|
|
|
Post by mohs on Mar 9, 2022 14:59:00 GMT -5
A type of  flower in the Salt River  Last couple of days There is a very fast coy roadrunner that scamper into view. I’m to much of slomohs to capture it on the camera Tomorrow- or soon- plan on setting out some seeds & see if can’t capture some action… |
|
|
|
Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 9, 2022 20:57:18 GMT -5
A type of flower in the Salt River Last couple of days There is a very fast coy roadrunner that scamper into view. I’m to much of slomohs to capture it on the camera Tomorrow- or soon- plan on setting out some seeds & see if can’t capture some action… Nice sunflower, mohs! A lizard will probably entice that roadrunner better than seeds. They're meat eaters.  |
|
|
|
Post by mohs on Mar 14, 2022 15:49:12 GMT -5
Ha ha robin hummingbirdstones Your right ! problemohs is not only am I to slo to capture a photo of the roadrunner I’m way to slow to capture any lizards, also  Heck these days.... even the sedimentary rocks are rolling to fast well I’m not quite there yet  although the future is moving in fast. |
|
|
|
Post by mohs on Mar 14, 2022 15:57:01 GMT -5
had a real treat Saturday Pueblo Grande Museum was having there Annual Ancient Technology Days Lucky I caught it I was heading down the 143 & just happened to see the set up of booths Free admission ha Anyway I met a young man who is majoring in Archaeology studies Besides knapping he crafts replica’s of Atatls and Bows & Arrows even got to try my skill at using both I wouldn’t hit a rabbit butte I’d come close a mastodon ha Some of his work  the obsidian he hounded from the peaks in Flagstaff Then Barb had her pet MawCaws Buttiful birds This big boy is called a military mawcaw  And a scarlet mawcaw  Hohokams would trade turquoise for mawcaw chicks & bring them up from Mexico A bunch a friendly knowledgeable vendors Really pleasant day Hope I can attend again... and tanks! mohs |
|
|
|
Post by mohs on Mar 22, 2022 15:22:56 GMT -5
Yo guys The other day it was clouded Went out to chase Shadows on the canyon walls Really love to watch them crawl Pass Mountain out by the Superstition's  That light horizontal band is volcanic tuff From a Super eruption 20mya \give or take It as a hiking trail to the top Maybe some day I’ll go Another butte nearby  Found a high perch to capture shades on the Supers  What I like about this one is it illuminates Flat Iron feature of the mountain a serious hike climb I’ve never done ... |
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 23, 2022 11:52:36 GMT -5
Yo guys The other day it was clouded Went out to chase Shadows on the canyon walls Really love to watch them crawl Pass Mountain out by the Superstition's That light horizontal band is volcanic tuff From a Super eruption 20mya \give or take It as a hiking trail to the top Maybe some day I’ll go Another butte nearby Found a high perch to capture shades on the Supers What I like about this one is it illuminates Flat Iron feature of the mountain a serious hike climb I’ve never done ... Dang Ed, really liking that second photo a lot. |
|
|
|
Post by mohs on Mar 23, 2022 14:54:46 GMT -5
Thanks Rick ! I’m feeling real bad I just snapped a baby aloa vera cactii I clumsily stepped on it
uuuuugigiigighghhghghhghg...I went to pick it up to replant and/or take it to nursery for healing Butte a root was still well attached So I propped it up with some rocks And said a blessing It really bothers me Because I was in area is should not have been Anyways This is the baby San Pedro I was walking up to photo'  As side note I see lots of unhealthy saguaro’s and other cacti out there a picture of toppled healthy barrel I stumbled across this  This was out at Ussery Park was looking for a ranger to ask What would cause this? Anyway they must be aware of it Some strange occurrence…. |
|
|
|
Post by mohs on Mar 23, 2022 14:57:58 GMT -5
Moving on to happier subject There are lots of healthy Saquaros’ and desert blooms out there Here a good example  This is at Ussery Park So the Rangers know…. |
|
|
|
Post by Son Of Beach on Mar 23, 2022 17:32:18 GMT -5
"Cacti inhabit diverse regions, from coastal plains to high mountain areas. With one exception, they are native to the Americas, where their range extends from Patagonia to British Columbia and Alberta in western Canada"
Little fun fact I just found out. I've never really thought about them growing elsewhere to be honest.
|
|
|
|
Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 23, 2022 21:24:59 GMT -5
Excellent picture of the Saguaros, Ed!
|
|
flower in the Salt River 
Nov 14, 2024 18:17:57 GMT -5
*
Nov 14, 2024 18:17:57 GMT -5
*
Nov 15, 2024 17:44:51 GMT -5
Nov 15, 2024 17:44:51 GMT -5
