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Photography and Production
Ken Chan
10. 2009 California
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American Deserts
Music : Ennio Morricone
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This show illustrates the natural beauty of the deserts in the
American southwest, covering the states of
Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah
See if you recognize the following places
Arches Canyonlands Mesa Verde
Black Canyon Cedar Breaks Monument Valley
Bryce Canyon Death Valley Valley of Fire
Canyon de Chelly Grand Canyon Zion
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Don’t they remind you of your favorite western movies
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This land is grand
Monument Valley at sunset
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Grand CanyonBlack Canyon
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Canyonlands looks equally grand
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Want to get down to the bottom of a canyon?
Try Canyon de Chelly - it is accessible and beautiful
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The colorful Navajo sandstone formation
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I am sure you know
the red color is due to
the soil’s iron content
iron + air + water = rust
Remember your high school chemistry?
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Looks like this valley is on fire – it is so named Valley of Fire
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This place near the Arizona-Utah border is called wave
It is a paradise for photographers
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Would be a good place
to play hide and seek
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Delicate carving of the soft sandstone by wind and water
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A massive display of nature’s carvings in Bryce Canyon
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Looks too fragile to lean on
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Better pray they don’t crumble
when you are down there
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Pharaoh talking to
a veiled woman
Balance rock Three wise men
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Round the clock sentry
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King Kong’s hand
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No Match
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The famous
Delicate Arch
Arches National Park
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Small one :
a natural window
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A hole is formed by erosion
Over thousands of
years the hole
enlarges, forming a
natural bridge
Life of an arch / natural bridge (from left to right)
The bridge gets too thin
and finally collapses
Notice two new holes are developing
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Big one
Sand particles are produced by rock erosion
Over millions of years, they are piled
together by wind into
small one
This one can swallow you
Sand Dunes
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This dwelling ruin in Mesa Verde is well preserved
Did people actually live here?
Yes, this land has been home to
Native Americans for thousands of years
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They left behind these petroglyths
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This spectacular view from Angel’s Landing in Zion
is your reward for hiking uphill for 3 hours
It does not look all dry and dead from here
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There are even trees (Checker Board in Zion)
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There were trees back million of years ago
The Petrified Wood is the evidence
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This living cedar at Cedar Breaks is more than 1,000 years old
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The giant Saguaro Cactus is a symbol of these deserts
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Cactus flowers are beautiful close up
But watch out for those spines
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Spring wildflower blossom forms a yellow carpet in Death Valley
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Indian paint-brush
Desert 5 spots
Some of the
Wild flowers in the region
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Heard of Columbine ?
It is the name of the state flower of Colorado
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Even these unknown species
are equally beautiful
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I am sure you don’t mind
these little creatures
Remember this is
the wilderness
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Trees thrive along riverbanks
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There must be water
under the dry soil
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Plenty under the
leaking roof of this cave
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So there is water
between these rocks
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or on top of this mesa