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Natalie Ann
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Colorado River by the Sea
Here are a few more photos of the Colorado River and the areas where it enters the Sea of Cortez.
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Natalie Ann
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Well, this seems to be where we hit open Sea.
[Edited on 9-6-2004 by Natalie Ann]
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Natalie Ann
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The softness of this particular picture is exactly how it looked at the fog set in soon to be followed by rain, snow, ice.
[Edited on 9-6-2004 by Natalie Ann]
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Very nice photos of a seldom seen area!
Thanks!!!!!!!!1
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elizabeth
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Wow...incredibly beautiful photos.
Thank you...
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Really enjoyed the pics. Thank You
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academicanarchist
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Great pictures
Really great pics.
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David K
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Outstanding photos Natalie, thank you!
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Natalie:
When were these taken?
Last time I drove through Yuma the river level was pretty low - so much water being sucked out of the Colorado . . .
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Natalie Ann
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They were taken either early February 2004 or on our return in early March 2004. And thanks everyone for the nice remarks; I always pass them on to
the photographer, mi esposo.
[Edited on 9-7-2004 by Natalie Ann]
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Natalie, these views are only available to you bird people with the power of flight... Thanks for sharing them... the top of the gulf is such a
mystery area. One of the world's most extreme tides occurs there. Once upon a time, shallow draft river boats could navigate up to Yuma. I believe the
only water above sea level is agricultural waste and drainage. Perhaps a heavy rain season in the west will let some fresh water reach the gulf,
again?
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Mike Humfreville
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There was a time a while back (maybe 1980's?) where the Rio Hardy flushed out a bunch of houses along Hwy 5 south of Mexicali. This was somewhere
around Cucapa Mestizos and Terranos Indios (pg N-8 of the Baja Almanac). Apparently the Rio Colorado had had a lot of rain for several years and
just couldn't be controlled. The folks in this area south of the border had to relocate several hundred meters to higher ground for some time. Since
then they're all back in their original abodes. You'll remember this as the first set of big turns 40 k or so south of Mexicali, where the rio Hardy
swings right up to the highway. Campo Mosquido is just to the south. Who would name a campo Mosquido?
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The water presently in the river in those pictures is leakage from the canal system over around Wellton. It is excess and no one worried about it
until a few years ago, now the ripartan vegatation has come back ,there are deer and lots of birds, endangered birds! the canal district wants to shut
the water off now but the Cucapa indians who own the area want it left as is, the is a big law suit about it going through courts now, the indians
position is that if the US shuts off the water they will be destroying rare plants and grasses, endangered birds such as the "Yuma Rail" and many
others. The Cucapa's have developed a tourist trade out of taking bird watchers and enviro's back there to see all the miracle of restoration of the
lower Colorado river Ripartan area. One of the local indian girls has graudated from collage and is making this her lifes work, there is a book out
about it but I can't locate it right now. Any way she and others have got all the Mexican and Us authorites all stired up and this will not end with a
loss for the indians because they have the Casino indians behind them now. If you are interested in seeing this area you can get tours at the Center
Communidad Indigena Cucapa just past Rio Hardy, there is an Indian Museo there also. Don't try any of those dirt roads with out guides, you ain't seen
stuck yet!!
You will be surprised at all you will see!
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The book is "RED DELTA" fighting for life at the end of the Colorado River.
By Charles Bregman, Pub. 10/01/02
Paperback.
I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in Baja and the enviroment.
And it goes a long way into proving that "Indians are not dumb"
BTW Natalie the pictures are just FAB!!!
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Excellent!!!
Beautiful pictures Natalie.... thank you for sharing them...
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foto request... ?
Hi Natalie,
They are great photos! I was wondering you'd be interested in submitting one of them for the www.BajaCaliforniaConservation.org home page? (see my post about the photo submission request here: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=5341)
Thanks for sharing,
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Mike
The people that would name a campo "Mosqueda" are ones that have that as their last name. It doesn't mean mosquito. It is a very nice campo on the
Rio Hardy.
I read a summary of a geology paper once that said that the bluffs of Pete camp in San Felipe are made from deposits of the Colorado river. It used to
be a whole lot bigger at one time.
Natalie
Thanks for the photos of a very important ecosystem. I think I need to see more of this area from sea level. I understand that this area is easily
done in kayak, from Campo Mosqueda.
burro bob
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Burro Bob, To really appreceiate the area read the book "Red Delta" before going, it is a new book but most libarys have it.
The Cucapa's at the Campos there can tell you of the hidden spots that are wildlife edens. When Fort Yuma was first started they gave the steamboats a
hard time to pass up the Colorado.
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