And, yes, I DO take it personally: Saturday Photoblogging: the San Juan and Colorado Rivers

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Saturday, November 26, 2005

Saturday Photoblogging: the San Juan and Colorado Rivers

last june, i was flying between reno and dallas and snapped this photo of the confluence of the san juan and colorado rivers from approximately 35,000 feet... meeting in southeastern utah in the glen canyon national recreation area, the rivers feed lake powell, the lake formed by glen canyon dam on the colorado river which lies just across the border in arizona...

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The San Juan and
Colorado Rivers meet
(photo, alt. +/- 35000 ft)

the images below are, respectively, a satellite image and a usgs topographic map of the same area...

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