Delightful Evening
by Robert Bales
Title
Delightful Evening
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
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One of the many winter sunrises of the Gila Mountains seen from the our front yard in the Foothill close to Yuma, Arizona.
The Gila Mountains of Yuma County are a 26-mile (42 km) long mountain range in southwestern Arizona in the northwest Sonoran Desert.
The Gila Mountains of Yuma County are a northwest-southeast trending mountain system. The fault-blocked mountain range is attached on the south to the Tinajas Altas Mountains which continue southeast into Sonora, Mexico for another 30 miles. The northwest end of the mountains border the southeast Laguna Mountains. The Gila River flows through the Gila Valley between the Gilas and the Lagunas prior to its confluence with the Colorado.
The Gila Mountains are southeast of the confluence of the Colorado and Gila rivers in the Lower Colorado River Valley. The Gila River flows northwest, north around the mountain's north end, then west six miles to the Colorado. On the northeast side of the Gila Range, the low-elevation basin, Dome Valley is created between the Muggins Mountains and the Muggins Mountains Wilderness to the northeast. The block faulted mountain series ends at this confluence location and the Muggins Mountains are at the southern and southwest end of an extensive plain that transitions north towards the Castle Dome Plain and Castle Dome Mountains. This plain is the location of the US Army Yuma Proving Ground on this east-west alluvial plain.
The highest peak in the arid and rugged Gila Mountains is Sheep Peak at 3,156 feet (962 m). The mountain range lies east of Yuma and the community of Fortuna Foothills lies on the northwest mountain range foothills, (named for the Fortuna Mine). The mountain range is located in the western portion of the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range which is used by the MCAS, the Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma.
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Comments (15)
Malanda Warner
Robert, what an absolutely amazing and delightful cloudscape! LF
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks Malanda for the very nice comments and the LF!! Never thought it being a cloudscape!!
Donna Kennedy
Beautiful sky Robert, Arizona does have some beautiful sunsets!!!...F/L/T
Robert Bales replied:
They sure do have wonderful sunsets and sunrises! Thanks so much for the comment and the LFT!! We will be heading to Idaho in two weeks.
Catalina Walker
Pure delight, Robert, a joy to look at! l/fv
Robert Bales replied:
It sure was great to watch this sunrise and thanks for the comments and the LFV!!
Gene Parks
Wonderful capture Robert... love the colors... the texture of the clouds is breathtaking! L/F
Bill And Deb Hayes
WE see you are giving us some sunset competition on this day Robert. This is a gorgeous sunset to say the least. Colors, details and the silhouettes of the trees and landscape are all perfection. VERY well done (L/F) Bill and Deb Hayes
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks so much for the nice review and the LF!! I will have to look at yours!!