Painted Desert, Arizona

The Painted Desert is part of the Petrified Forest National Park. I stopped at the vistas over the desert in the morning and did a several hour hike into the desert late in the afternoon (carrying plenty of water with me). The colors are phenomenal, but very subtle (much better for real than in pictures). I wish I had spent at least another day hiking there. Within the desert are areas of petrified trees, too.

I visited the park the weekend prior to a conference (HPC Users Group) in Albuquerque.
I also visited El Morro and El MalPais National Monuments in New Mexico on this trip.

In the desert

Looking over the desert

This handsome fellow posed briefly on the rock as I was hiking.

(pictures taken June 2000)
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