Flying to Las Vegas
The
Metz Mesa Mission of 2004 began with a flight into Las Vegas. Many cool
landforms were seen from the air, some new places
we were going, others were places I'd been before. These were shot on a
Nikon 2 megapixel digital camera and processed through Adobe Photoshop
7.
A loop of the Colorado River. The light colored area in the lower right
corner is the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park
Google Earth view of the loops of the Colorado River.
A view of the confluence of the Colorado River, coming in
from the left, and the Green River, coming up from the bottom.
Google Earth view of the Confluence.
A small portion of Lake Powell, the reservoir that backs up behind Glen Canyon Dam.
A formation in Capitol Reef National Park called the
Waterpocket Fold, which runs the length of the park.
An arm of Lake Mead, which backs up behind the Hoover Dam.
Hoover Dam can be seen in the upper left. The "bathtub ring"
on the canyon walls indicates how low the reservoir is.
All
views are towards the south, as I was sitting on the port side of the
aircraft.
A loop of the Colorado River. The light colored area in the lower right
corner is the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park
Google Earth view of the loops of the Colorado River.
A view of the confluence of the Colorado River, coming in
from the left, and the Green River, coming up from the bottom.
Google Earth view of the Confluence.
A small portion of Lake Powell, the reservoir that backs up behind Glen Canyon Dam.
A formation in Capitol Reef National Park called the
Waterpocket Fold, which runs the length of the park.
An arm of Lake Mead, which backs up behind the Hoover Dam.
Hoover Dam can be seen in the upper left. The "bathtub ring"
on the canyon walls indicates how low the reservoir is.
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