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Major Nikon

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2. It's in Arizona
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 08:42 PM
Jan 2012

It's called the San Francisco Volcano Field because it's named after the San Francisco mountain in AZ.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_volcanic_field

It was very cool to see from the air. There were lots of volcanoes spread out in a relatively small area. There were different types as well. Meteor Crater is also not very far from there which was formed by a huge meteor. Back in the 60's a small plane flew into Meteor Crater and couldn't get out. They orbited inside until they eventually crash landed the plane inside the crater. Some of the remnants of the plane are still inside. I didn't have to worry about that as my plane has a bit more power. The last picture was taken at about 12,500' above sea level. It was bumpy even at that altitude and just too bumpy to go any lower and get decent pictures.







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Where is the second picture? It looks volcanic. Beautiful, thanks. uppityperson Jan 2012 #1
It's in Arizona Major Nikon Jan 2012 #2
Stunning. +1 Glassunion Jan 2012 #3
Awesome. n/t ellisonz Jan 2012 #4
Great pics tawadi Jan 2012 #5
The river picture was the Grand Canyon Major Nikon Jan 2012 #6
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