Sedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde ValleySedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde Valley
    Sedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde Valley Sedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde Valley
    • Home
    • Sedona News
    • Business Profiles
    • Opinion
    • Mind & Body
    • Arts
    • Elections
    • Gift Shop
    • Contact
    • Advertise
    Sedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde ValleySedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde Valley
    Home » Today’s Photo from Ted Grussing Photography: Village Rocks
    Ted Grussing

    Today’s Photo from Ted Grussing Photography: Village Rocks

    August 18, 2021No Comments
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Email Reddit WhatsApp
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email Reddit WhatsApp

    By Ted Grussing

    … whilst flying over Woods Canyon to the NE of the Village of Oak Creek I took this shot from 9725′ msl and about 5500′ above the village and it captures all the significant red rocks in the village as well as some in the chapel area and west Sedona. The larger rock on the right side at mid photo is Courthouse Butte; to the immediate left of it is Bell Rock and further left of mid photo the pointy rock is Castle Rock and from this vantage point it actually kinda looks like it. SR 179 cuts through the photo left to right. To the left of it is Oak Creek Country Club and if I look at the full size image I can see my home. On the left edge of the village House Mountain rises and sprawls over a large area to the right and the left as well as up … it is a shield volcano and has been dormant for millions of years. Shield volcanoes have a very low viscosity lava so rather than build a huge cone, the lave just runs outwards and builds a huge in size cone, but without a great prominence.

    grussing_20210818a

    To the left of and above Courthouse Butte is Cathedral Rock and in the very right upper corner is the Cockscomb. Below and on the very right edge is kind of a light grey triangle which is the south end of Airport Mesa and Oak Creek runs just below that and continues to the left as it goes through the loop area and eventually through Page Springs and down through the valley where it connects with the Verde River at the Thousand Oaks camp ground. Red Rock High School is a whitish area in the upper right quadrant. Not a very big area, but it is beautiful!

    The shot below is of the Saber Fire which I took on August 14th 2019; the fire had started as a lightning strike on August 2 … not much was happening and likely would have burned out after consuming a relatively small area, but it was determined that a much larger area needed to be burned and through the extensive use of drip torches and incendiaries the fire was expanded to 3279 acres over the next six weeks or so and we had smoke … and smoke. Listed as a lightning strike fire …

    grussing_20210818b

    You can see where there have been lightning strike fires on almost every hill around here and typically they are and usually remain small unless they are “managed”.

    What looks like a dirt road traveling through the image from the bottom to the top on a diagonal is a power transmission line which cuts through the forest from NE to SW and I believe this one originates at the Joseph City generating plant east of Flagstaff. to the right is Sycamore Canyon and to the immediate left of it is Casner Mountain and Black Mountain above (south) of it. The upper right is the Prescott Valley and Chino Valley; far mountains are the Bradshaw’s and the near ones Mingus on the left portion of the image.

    As a side note, Arizona does very well in clean generation of electricity with nearly 75% of the power generated by natural gas, nuclear and hydro electric generation. No guilt, or at least not much for Tesla owners … coal generation is only about 20% … electricity has to come from someplace.

    Sedona Gift Shop

    Enough … have a beautiful day … keep breathing and smiling.

    Ted

    Filled with dreams and songs and love, I wander afield.
     
    Meditation, softened by the peaceful lands of grain and the illimitable blue sea overhead, draws my heart to my lips as one whose talent is in song.
     
    I yield to the thousand felicities of this transport, like a child led by his father’s hand; and no questions darken this day of my content.
     
    — AFIELD by Max Ehrmann

    ###

    photo_tedgrussing

    The easiest way to reach Mr. Grussing is by email: ted@tedgrussing.com

    In addition to sales of photographs already taken Ted does special shoots for patrons on request and also does air-to-air photography for those who want photographs of their airplanes in flight. All special photographic sessions are billed on an hourly basis.

    Ted also does one-on-one workshops for those interested in learning the techniques he uses.  By special arrangement Ted will do one-on-one aerial photography workshops which will include actual photo sessions in the air.

    More about Ted Grussing …

    Healing Paws

    This is an advertisement

    Comments are closed.


    Analyzing City’s Legal Right to
    Ban OHVs on Public Roads

    By Tommy Acosta
    Mea Culpa! Mea Culpa! Mea Maxima Culpa! I screwed up. Blew it. Totally made a fool of myself. Missed the boat. I am talking about my editorial on the OHV fight, No Legal Traction on OHVs. I assumed that it was ADOT that would make a decision on whether the city could legally ban off road vehicles from our public roads like S.R. 89A and S.R. 179. Man was I off. ADOT has nothing to do with allowing or disallowing the city to do so. ADOT’s response to me when I asked them to clarify their position, was curt and to the point. “ADOT designs, builds and maintains the state highway system,” I was told. “It is not our place to offer an opinion on how state law might apply in this matter.” It was a totally “duh” moment for me when I realized that that the decision or judgement on the OHV ordinance, would involve the state and not ADOT. Chagrinned I stand. The crux of the matter then is whether the city can effectively use a number of standing state laws that can be interpreted to determine whether the city can legally ban the vehicles or not. Read more→
    Recent Comments
    • JB on Mayor & Council Deserve Kudos For Chamber Oversight
    • Richard Kepple on Analyzing City’s Legal Right to Ban OHVs on Public Roads
    • Mary on Analyzing City’s Legal Right to Ban OHVs on Public Roads
    • JB on DORR Hosts Talk on Gun Violence Prevention
    • Sheila Jackman on Remembering Sedona Sculptor John Soderberg: A Tribute to a Creative Genius
    Categories
    © 2023 All rights reserved. Sedona.biz.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.