Tag: “Black Rock Desert”

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   Floating Life

   Letting Alcatraz tell a story.

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   Taliesin West

   Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and architectural school. Every year Wright and his fellowship of apprentices and students, would move between the summer home in Wisconsin, and here in the winter.

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   Wadi Rum

   Wadi Rum (Arabic: وادي رم) is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southwest Jordan. It is the largest wadi in Jordan.

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   Farafra

   The Farafra Oasis (Arabic: الفرافرة) is the smallest oasis located in Western Egypt, near latitude 27.06° North and longitude 27.97° East. It is located in the Libyan Desert, approximately mid-way between Dakhla and Bahariya.
   
   Farafra has an estimated 5,000 inhabitants (2002) living witin its single village and is mostly inhabited by the local Bedouins.

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   Barbed Wire

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   road to Dalhousie Springs

   The only way to get to the Dalhousie Springs is by 4WD. It's situated in the middle of the Simpson Desert.
   The springs are just incredible.

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   The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

   Thinking of the Middle East, usually Israel, Iraq, Lebanon, or Iran come to mind. Yet quietly sitting between them lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

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   Another Planet (outside Las Vegas)

   My boyfriend and I took a helicopter ride from the Las Vegas strip to the Grand Canyon and back. On the trip back, after we felt safe we weren't going to crash and die in the canyon, we saw this.

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   Balanced Rock

   This seemingly impossible monolith is one of the numerous natural formations within Arches National Park. Precariously balanced and at a scale that is difficult to fathom, this rock has endured millions of years of erosion from wind, rain, and snow runoff.

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    Balanced Rock

    Balanced Rock is set between other monoliths in the area. One may even be able to visualize the formation of this seemingly impossible balancing act.