Desert Solitaire
ORL reader and former Review writer Will Whitaker, now a resident of Tucson, Arizona, sent us this photo of what fall looks like in the Southwestern desert. Click to enlarge. (W. Whitaker)
posted by M. | 9:41 AM
- Redneck nation
- Pay attention. Look around.
- This and that
- Not ready for prime time
- Back on the job
- Late-night statement
- Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain
- A note to posters
- Privacy is dead
- Dead pope caught in flames
Saturday, October 27, 2007
3 Comments:
Hey Will--
Wanted to tell you that each time I look at this picture, something more happens with it. It's a great shot; really, it is.
Wow. Great picture, but I don't see one saguara (not sure if that's spelled right) cactus. Where was this shot taken?
Password,
Not bad! You are one letter off. Most people don't even know that word. The type of cactus you are referencing is the saguaro--which is indigenous only to the Sonoran desert around Tucson. It is a remarkable form of cactus in that it takes them sixty-plus years to grow their distinctive arms.
I took this picture in the high Sonoran desert south of Tucson in Amado, Arizona, very near the mexican border. I was on the Agua Linda (spanish for "sweet water") Farm--an organic, family-run operation. The area near the international border is at a higher elevation, and so there is more vegetation--and fewer cacti.
The mountain chain in the background is the Santa Rita Mountains.
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