Text and photos from an early 20th century journey from Tucson across the desert southwest to Sonoyta and finally to the Gulf of California by William T Hornaday and a party including Dr. Daniel Trembly MacDougal and Godfrey Sykes.
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Cover Page from Camp-Fires on Desert and Lava, William T. Hornaday, Sc.D..
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Wandering back to the Lava Tube parking - beautiful terrain!
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Lava with Snow in the Background.
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Lava.
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Hedgehog on Lava.
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The space is fairly small, well publicized and well visited - but it didn't matter, the minutes alone down here stretched out into magic...
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Dry but I wonder if they fill or hold water after it rains - I assume these are natural but didn't see any information on that...
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Lava Fields.
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Prickly Pear in El Malpais 01.
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Prickly Pear Flower on the El Malpais Lava Falls Trail.
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El Malpais Cliffrose.
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Prickly Pear in El Malpais 02.
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Lava Tube Light 01.
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Lava Tube.
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Mojave National Preserve Desert and Cinder Cones.
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Lizard and Lava.
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La Ventana Natural Arch.
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Cinder Cones and Lava.
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Charles on the Lava.
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Lava Tube Light 02.
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Lava near the Lava Falls Trail in El Malpais.
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Cinder Cone.
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Lava.
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