When you look at Google Maps, Agathla Peak first appears as El Capitan. El Capitan is the Spanish name, Agathla Peak the anglicized version of the Navajo name. According to…
Growing up in rural, southern England, I got used to narrow, winding roads. My first exposure to long, dead straight roads was in Libya, but I would usually fly deep…
I really enjoy looking at this image at 100% because it's clearly just mushed pixels, almost pointillistic in nature.
This image was taken after I took my walk. The bridge extends 70ft out from the canyon wall and the vertical drop at that point is over 4,000ft. As I've gotten older I've become more 'height aware'. So most of the time I kept my feed above one of the two steel tracks that supports the glass floor, though I did take a few steps on the glass floor to pass some other people. It was freaky!
So I'll post a few more Hoover Dam photos this week, then move on. This is a view of the Nevada Powerplant that one can tour if you visit the…
So, continuing with the theme from yesterday, this is what it's like to look down the face of the Hoover Dam. The Colorado River is about 700 feet below the…