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| Anasazi traces, New Mexico |
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More Anasazi ruins at Chaco
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More Anasazi ruins at Chaco
Canyon 2 |
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Aztec Ruins National Monument - Chaco escape destination or rival? |
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Salmon Ruin - Failed Chaco successor? |
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Modern New Mexico and more petroglyphs - Northern New Mexico, Los Cerrillos
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| In winter, Chaco Canyon rangers are relaxed about collecting the entrance fee; however, they will ticket your car if they don't see a fee receipt on your dash or rear-view mirror. Besides paying the fee at the visitor's center, you may also pick up a mandatory permit to scramble up the sandstone scree and hike any of the back-country trails. The Pueblo Alto trail provides great views of the canyon. It leads up to the north mesa behind Pueblo Bonito, and eventually to Pueblo Alto, a remote settlement which may have been an entrance station for the pueblos in the canyon. It's no accident seeing the rising moon through a window - Chacoan Great Houses were aligned with the paths of sun and moon, and sometimes the cardinal directions. |
| Images taken with Leica M8 and 21mm f/2.8 Elmarit-M ASPH, 35mm f/2 Summicron-M ASPH, 50mm f/1.4 Summilux v.2, Canon EOS 1D mark II and EF 16-35mm f/2.8L, EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS. |
| All images copyright © Mark Bohrer. |
Images may not be used in any way without permission. Email Mark at |
| Mark Bohrer Active Light Photography 18479 McCoy Avenue Saratoga, CA 95070 |
