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wmpe2000: through the mesquite tree
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wmpe2000: phainopepla - a silky flycatcher
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wmpe2000: my biologist friend said this is a pack rat's nest
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wmpe2000: saguaro skeleton
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wmpe2000: quartz vein at the surface of large volcanic latite boulder
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wmpe2000: metate or grinding hole of some long ago tribe
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wmpe2000: barrel cactus decay
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wmpe2000: this flattened area with a view was once occupied by an unknown Native American tribe
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wmpe2000: welded tuff with gas pocket and fractures
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wmpe2000: native american pottery shards, devil's claw seed pod, and quartz
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wmpe2000: desert christmas cholla
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wmpe2000: saguaros in the early morning light
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wmpe2000: sunrise at first water trailhead