#coronado national forest

[fatchance]

Cool clear water.

Flows in the canyon at a sunny stretch of Madera Creek.

#photographers on tumblr #water in motion #abstraction in nature #Madera Creek #Madera Canyon #Coronado National Forest #Santa Cruz County #Arizona

[colorsoutofearth]

Yucca and bigtooth maples in Coronado National Forest

Photo by Jack Dykinga

#yucca #Acer grandidentatum #acer #maple #bigtooth maple #coronado national forest #forest #woods #plants #botanical #red #orange #landscape #nature

[valhikes]

Coronado National Forest, Arizona.

Short exploration along the Nature Trail to see what a notation on the map was all about.

#Arizona #hiking #day hike #explosive #nature #Cave Creek #the other Cave Creek #landscape #hike #travel #outside #creek #forest #explosives shack #Coronado National Forest

[kenneturner]

Three Cochise Stronghold Panoramas

Three Cochise Stronghold Panoramas by kenne Cochise Stronghold is located west of Sunsites, Arizona, in the Dragoon Mountains at an elevation of 5,000 ft.  This beautiful woodland area lies in a protective rampart of granite domes and sheer cliffs, once the refuge of the great Apache Chief, Cochise, and his people.  Located within the Coronado National Forest, it is managed by the Douglas Ranger…

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#Apache #Cochise Stronghold #Coronado National Forest #Douglas Ranger District #Dragoon Mountains #Panorama #Photo Essay

[thelostcanyon]

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis), Coronado National Forest, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona.

#birds #arizona #photographers on tumblr

[herpsandbirds]

Sunburst Diving Beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus), family Dytiscidae, Coronado National Forest, Arizona, USA

photograph by mason_s

#diving beetle #beetle #thermonectus #dytiscidae #coleoptera #insect #entomology #nature #animals #north america

[katy-l-wood]

The Tucson area is having its first major wildfire of the season in the Coronado National Forest 🙃

It was started by an unattended campfire 🙃🙃🙃

Ugh. Best of luck.

And as for the campfire thing, I've been having lots of thoughts about wilderness education and the effectiveness of Smokey the Bear and the amount of people who are new to things like camping ever since COVID. They haven't really coalesced into anything yet, but I'm thinkin' on it. There shall be new infographics at some point.

#Wildfire #Fire #Natural Disaster

[mutant-distraction]

Andrew M. Carless

Christate Saguaro

Coronado National Forest, Tucson, AZ

[mudwerks]

(via Man wanted for questioning in Mt. Lemmon wildfire)

A man seen on video target shooting in Molino Basin is wanted for questioning in connection with a wildfire that started Sunday on Mount Lemmon, officials say.

Forest Service investigators are looking for the man captured on video approaching the site of the blaze that grew to more than 100 acres before being put out Tuesday, a news release from the Coronado National Forest Service said.

The man was filmed shooting a shotgun at a homemade target. Five shots were fired, the news release said.

It appeared that the man was using incendiary bullets, causing sparks to fly and start the wildfire, officials said.

The man about 50 to 60 years old. He wore a light grey short and tan cargo pants, the agency said. The use of incendiary bullets and starting a wildfire are punishable by up to six months in jail and up to a $5,000 fine, the news release said.

help find this idiot - he started the fire with his incendiary shells (WTF - in the dry desert?!?!?)  and then bailed, like the negligent jerk he is.

video at link

#mt' lemmon #molino basin #wildfire #started by his incendiary ammunition

[fatchance]

Ptooie!!!

An acorn woodpecker doing a little DIY renovation on its nest cavity.

Acorn woodpecker / carpintero bellotero (Melanerpes formicivorus) at Madera Canyon, Coronado National Forest, Santa Cruz County, Arizona.

#photographers on tumblr #acorn woodpecker #Melanerpes formicivorus #ptooie as in spitting not Mario Brothers #nesting #Madera Canyon #Coronado National Forest #Santa Cruz County #Arizona

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Sierra Vista

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this photograph of Sierra Vista in southern Arizona, just north of the United States-Mexico border. Bounded on all sides by military land (Fort Huachuca), national forest, and conservation areas, Sierra Vista’s city area is structured in a triangular shape. Creeks and washes sprawl across the desert flats from the Huachuca Mountains to the San Pedro River.

The Huachuca Mountains lie to the west of Sierra Vista and neighboring urban areas. These mountains are part of the Sky Islands, an isolated group of mountain ranges scattered throughout southeastern Arizona and northern Mexico. Cool peaks and uplands contrast with the hotter desert lowlands. Miller Peak rises to 9,466 feet (2,885 meters) above sea level, almost 5,000 feet (1,524 meters) above Sierra Vista. Portions of the Huachuca Mountains and the surrounding area fall within the Miller Peak Wilderness and the Coronado National Forest.

Toward the east, Sierra Vista stretches to the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (NCA), which protects a rare riverbank ecosystem within the Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts. The conservation area is home to endangered species, such as the yellow-billed cuckoo, the willow flycatcher, and the semi-aquatic plant known as the Huachuca water-umbel.

The protected regions around Sierra Vista also preserve cultural and historical landmarks. The caves and canyons of the Huachuca Mountains contain petroglyphs dating back 13,000 years. Additionally, prehistoric mammoth remains and ancient tools have been found at the Murray Springs Clovis Archeological Site within the San Pedro NCA.

Astronaut photograph ISS067-E-13009 was acquired on April 13, 2022, with a Nikon D5 digital camera using a focal length of 500 millimeters. The image was provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit at Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 67 crew. It has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Caption by Sara Schmidt, GeoControl Systems, JETS II Contract at NASA-JSC.

#science #space #nasa #news #earth observatory

[valhikes]

Coronado National Forest, Arizona.

I got a little more adventure than expected when I took a spur off the McCord Trail in Coronado National Forest and kept going past the likely end. I got some extra good views and covered the trails more efficiently.

#day hike #hiking #Coronado National Forest #Arizona #Cave Creek #McCord Trail #nature #landscape #mountains #Chiricahua Wilderness #hike #outside #wilderness #Portal #travel #hiking photograpy #keep on hiking

[thelostcanyon]

A female Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus), Coronado National Forest, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona.

#birds #arizona #photographers on tumblr

[astropithecus]

From January 2017

This was my second bullet journal and my first "please return to" page. A common piece of advice (especially for ADHD bujournalists) is to "plan to lose it." One of the things that looks like is putting a phone number or an email address on one of the early pages in a place it's hard to miss. That way, should it get left behind somewhere, hopefully whoever finds it will be kind enough to reach out.

The idea here was to have a large, eye-catching doodle a person thumbing through would naturally stop to glance at, with a very big phone number next to it (redacted, because it's still my phone number).

I don't go to this much trouble anymore (now I've actually just got a rubber stamp that says "🙂 $TÅY ⭐ WÉÌRĐ 👍" and has my phone number and email address on it), because since I started bullet journaling in 2016, I've only actually left one behind one time.

It was summer of 2020, the pandemic was in full swing, and I spent one night at a motel in Lordsburg, New Mexico. The next day, driving along I-10 West somewhere near the Coronado National Forest outside Tucson, I made the horrifying realization I didn't have my bullet journal. Surely I'd just mislaid it, I do it all the time; I must've stuck it in my bag, or it fell on the floorboard - I tried to think back. I remembered I'd left it near the door of the motel room so I'd see it and grab it on the way out. Apparently I just walked right by it.

A call to the motel confirmed the worst, housekeeping had already turned over the room, and no lost items had been retrieved. The front desk promised to call if it showed up later, but I could already feel the icy acceptance washing over me that I'd done a dumb there was no undoing. I was 1,200 miles from where I was leaving and I was now stranded, raw-dogging reality with only my afflicted organizational skills to get me the remaining 500 miles across a plague-ravaged wasteland to where I was going.

The motel never called back, and I never saw that bullet journal again. Some say it wanders the desert west of Lordsburg to this very day, and that every summer if you go out by the Hidalgo County Transfer Station and listen very closely, you can still hear the sound of notebook paper fluttering in the breezy night air.

On the other hand, maybe I'd have gotten it back if I were still drawing "please return to" pages like this.

#art #doodle #doodlings #my bujo #original work #illustrators on tumblr #dusty doodle #self portrait #actually adhd #lordsburg

[nzbricks]

Minifigure Showcase: More Akrathian Peoples

1. The Fomor

The Fomor, or Fomorians as they are sometimes referred to, are an offshoot of humanity whose origin stems back to a profane act in Akrathia’s prehistory, due to which they were looked down upon and ostracized for most of Akrathia’s history. In recent centuries they have all but assimilated themselves into Akrathian culture, but some still prefer to stay true to their carnal instincts. These Fomorians live in Akrathia’s dark regions, where they prey upon weary travelers in the long hours of the night.  

2. The Moncadan Pacifadores

The island nation of Mancado was founded thousands of years after the first humans arrived in Akrathia. The Moncodans, so called after the leader who brought them to this strange land, quickly cemented themselves as a seafaring nation, thriving in trade in commerce across Akrathia’s vast waterways. In the bustling port city of Coronado, the Mancadan Pacifadores, which loosely translates to “peacekeepers”, keep watch over the volatile bay, keeping a keen eye out for pirates. Although mostly effective in their duties, some have come under the sway of coin and turn a blind eye to certain outlaws who pay their dues.

3. Forest Elves

Colliqually known as “Short-Folk”, the Elves of Akrathia are far from the graceful warriors they are often depicted as. In fact, they are not a “folk” at all. They are the physical incarnation of lesser spirits tasked by the fairies with looking over Akrathia’s vast woodlands. They helm a great many unique and unseen powers, but boast little potent might. Instead their skill lies in disguise and aversion, hiding away the relics left behind the fairies such as their forgotten strongholds. Few elves are tall enough to be considered competent warriors, and fewer among these venture from the safety of their woodland home to gain a reputation anything beyond rumor. 

#Akrathia #writing #swordsandsorcery #High Fantasy #lego fantasy #lego castle #lego #legocustom #legocommunity #LegoMiniFigures #elves #elf #orcs

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Thimble Peak, Coronado National Forest, AZ [4032x3024][OC]

#inline reddit: EarthPorn #Photography #Art #EarthPorn #Reddit #Imgur