Red Over Gila Mountains
by Robert Bales
Title
Red Over Gila Mountains
Artist
Robert Bales
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This is the morning view of the Gila Mountains from the Foothill, Arizona which is a few miles from Yuma, and it was taken with my 400mm lens from my front porch. It seems like we have many sunrises like this one during the winter months.
The Gila Mountains of Yuma County are a 26-mile (42 km) long[1][2] 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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Jenny Revitz Soper
CONGRATULATIONS! This wonderful piece has been FEATURED on the homepage of the FAA Group No Place Like Home, 12/23/2016! Way to go! You are invited to post it in the Features Discussion thread for posterity and/or any other thread that fits!
Johanna Hurmerinta
Absolutely stunning, fantastic and gorgeous! LF
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks Johanna for the wonderful comments and the LF!! So glad you enjoyed the image!
Morris Finkelstein
Fabulous sunrise over Gila Mountains, with vibrant sky colors, light and shadows, perspective and a spectacular composition, Robert! F/L