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Saturday Night Post: The View From Saguaro National Park West

By Mike Jones

Mortgage and Lending with SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) NMLS 223495

September 12, 2009 05:09 PM

You wouldn't believe this is an open mine, would you?

Is it an island in the midst of a calm sea at sunset? Nope!

Light deceives the eye, and at dusk, this Arizona copper mine looks almost ethereal, doesn't it?

Look closely at the bottom edge of the photo, and you'll see buildings at the base of the copper mine. The tailings wrap around the hill that stands above the horizon.

I captured this photo just after sunset this evening, standing on Sentinel Hill among rocks decorated with petroglyphs 1,000 years old. Sentinel Hill is part of Saguaro National Park West. This view is to the north.

Doesn't this make you want to visit Arizona? Call me.

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Bob & Carolin Benjamin

Benjamin Realty LLC - Gold Canyon, AZ

East Phoenix Arizona Homes

Congrats on being #1 in Arizona --- you passed me by a long time ago --- keep it going and hang onto the top seat!!

Sep 12, 2009 05:28 PM

Sherry Siegel, Managing Broker, EcoBroker, ABR

BrokersGroup, serving Sequim and Port Angeles - Sequim, WA

Hi Mike! The colors are so rich that I want to squeeze them through my fingers...but alas, the bottom edge of the photo is too dark for me to see the buildings. Probably my computer setting.

Sep 12, 2009 05:40 PM

Mike Jones

SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) - Tucson, AZ

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Sherry,

They're right above and between the words "at sunset." Thanks for commenting.

Carolin,

You and Bob have been an inspiration since I signed up in July of 2007 as a newbie. Thanks!!

Mike in Tucson

Sep 12, 2009 05:45 PM

1~Judi Barrett

Integrity Real Estate Services 116 SE AVE N, Idabel, OK 74745 - Idabel, OK

BS Ed, Integrity Real Estate Services -IDABEL OK

Nice photo, Mike. Are you ever without your camera?

Sep 12, 2009 08:00 PM

William J. Archambault, Jr.

The Real Estate Investment Institute - Houston, TX

Mike,

Ethereal? That's an optical esoteric. Words aside that's a photo worth the walk.

Bill

Sep 12, 2009 08:33 PM

Susie Blackmon

Ocala, FL

Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing

BEAUTIFUL photo Mike. It reminds me a bit of the sights of the steam that 'erupts' on the Big Island as the hot lava flows into the Pacific.

Sep 12, 2009 10:29 PM

Mike Jones

SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) - Tucson, AZ

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Susie,

Thanks! I can see that.

Bill,

Love your choice of words!

Judi,

Not unless I forget to take it, and even then, I will likely turn around to go back and get it.

Mike in Tucson

Sep 12, 2009 11:02 PM

TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.

Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN

Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029

Mike, interesting photo. I always find it interesting how the camera interprets what we see. I guess that is why they call it the art of photography...

Sep 12, 2009 11:50 PM

Pat Mullikin - KW Milwaukee

Keller Williams Milwaukee - Brookfield, WI

Mike, What a shot! I guess capturing a vista like that means being in the right place at the right time! Never been to Arizona - maybe it's time to check it out...

Sep 13, 2009 01:27 AM

Don Rogers

Keller Williams Realty Chesterfield - O'Fallon, MO

Realtor, Broker, CDPE, GRI, OnullFallon MO & St Charles County MO homes

To answer your question, I would not believe that the picture was one of an Open Mine. You do have a real talent sir.

Sep 13, 2009 08:08 AM

Mike Jones

SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) - Tucson, AZ

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Don,

Thanks for commenting. I really like this particular image.

Pat,

You would love it. Snowbirds come in the winter to escape snow and ice.

Michael,

I appreciate the way you put it. There's a panorama all around us, and the camera finds one particular frame...

Mike in Tucson

Sep 13, 2009 08:17 AM

Brian Brumpton

Keller Williams Boise - Boise, ID

Boise Idaho Real Estate

Mike,

That's crazy, I wouldn't have even caught it had you not pointed it out. Great shot.

Sep 13, 2009 03:58 PM

Maria Morton

Platinum Realty - Kansas City, MO

Kansas City Real Estate 816-560-3758

Wow, that is beautiful. Who would have thought that mining could produce such beauty in their "tailings."

Sep 13, 2009 04:51 PM

Mike Jones

SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) - Tucson, AZ

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Maria,

There's magic in the light at dusk during the Monsoon season.

Brian,

I love this shot! Thanks for commenting.

Mike in Tucson

Sep 13, 2009 06:16 PM

Russel Ray, San Diego Business & Marketing Consultant & Photographer

Russel Ray - San Diego State University, CA

Doesn't make me want to visit Arizona, but does make me want to visit Arizona AGAIN!

Sep 19, 2009 07:08 PM

Mike Jones

SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) - Tucson, AZ

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Russel,

That's the spirit!

Mike in Tucson

Sep 20, 2009 12:29 AM

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