Salt River, April 29, 2010

The Salt River flows down from Roosevelt Lake through a series of reservoirs to and through the city of Phoenix. It is running very high this spring. I am processing three Gigapan panoramas taken along the river that will be addd to this display soon.

This Saguaro is just starting to bloom. The Saguaro Blossom is the State Flower of Arizona.

Each Saguaro flower blooms for just one day. The blossoms open at night and are often pollenated by bats.

Mesquite and Palo Verde Trees grow thickly along the river.

The Salt River winds through Buldog Canyon below Stuart Mountain Dam and Saguaro Lake.

The Salt River winds through Buldog Canyon below Stuart Mountain Dam and Saguaro Lake.

Panorama size: 803 megapixels (30367 x 26454 pixels)
Input images: 252 (14 columns by 18 rows)
Field of view: 154.7 degrees wide by 134.8 degrees high (top=81.2, bottom=-53.6)

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Staghorn Cholla are common in the area.

The Goldfield Mountains on the far side of the river are composed of Rhyolite and Rhyodacite erpupted from the Superstition Mountain Caldera about 25 million years ago.

A fisherman told me that he had recently seen a river otter in this area.

This is a popular spot for launching river rafts and floating on the river in inner tubes.

Panorama size: 819 megapixels (29899 x 27396 pixels)
Input images: 266 (14 columns by 19 rows)
Field of view: 128.0 degrees wide by 117.3 degrees high (top=73.3, bottom=-44.0)

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Coons Bluff is one of the landing spots for rafts and inner tube riders, just above the confluence of the Salt and Verde Rivers.

Panorama size: 973 megapixels (37805 x 25743 pixels)
Input images: 324 (18 columns by 18 rows)
Field of view: 192.0 degrees wide by 130.8 degrees high (top=73.9, bottom=-56.8)

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McDowell Peak is prominent on the horizon.

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