Photo of the Day

[Crewleader]

September 20, 2014

Hazy Arizona

Photograph by Peter Essick, National Geographic

The American West faces persistent drought, whether or not relief comes this winter. The population of the Phoenix area (Sun City is pictured here) grew four times larger between 1970 and 2010. The Central Arizona Project, a 336-mile-long system of canals and pipelines, carries Colorado River water through the desert to the Phoenix metro area.

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[NYC_SKP]

1. Great sunrise, but what a horrible place to have to live, suburbia gone wild.

It looks to be 100% dependent on personal automobiles for transportation, with centralized shopping areas and oversized homes on undersized lots.

And all dependent upon the Colorado River which, now, doesn't even reach the sea for all the exploitative human projects.

Ewwww.

PS: That's a view of W. Bell Rd looking East toward the Agua Fria Freeway and beyond.

The structures at the centers of the concentric streets are churches: St Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church to the left and All Saints of the Desert Episcopal Church to the right.

[Crewleader]

2. It is sad to see, I was in Phoenix in the early 90s'

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and I was blown away at this photo. I thought it was crowded then. You have to hold your breath to cross a street, you got to be in good shape to make it to the other side. Too many lanes of traffic for walkers' safety but yes I agree the sunrise is beautiful.

I enjoyed the Phoenix Zoo while I was there and the mountain that look like a camel...but it's too spread out for any desire to live there. I love Arizona, was in Tucson in the early 80s' but I don't know how much that has grown.

[Cane Jason]

3. Amazing

it looks amazing.