Butte From The Beyond?

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Butte From The Beyond?

Butte From The Beyond?

Yes, this is Capitol Butte, as seen from the Back 'O Beyond Trail in Sedona. What's a Butte? (1) Butte is a city in Montana, USA.
(2) Like mesas, buttes are isolated mountains with steep sides and (relatively) flat tops.
In fact, buttes ARE mesas in a more advanced stage of erosion, before the landscape is completely consumed by wind and rain.
(3) I don't know about you, but if you erase the last letter of 'butte,' you're left with 'butt.'
Hopefuly, I won't fall on mine while scaling Capitol Butte. September 16, 2009
lcarreau
on Sep 20, 2009 10:04 pm
Lat/Lon: 34.81870°N / 111.79061°W
Image Type(s): Hiking,  Flora,  Informational,  Scenery,  Humor
Image ID: 555317

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slowbutsteady

slowbutsteady - Oct 1, 2009 10:36 am - Voted 10/10

what's in a name?

Definitely.....Butt Beautiful! Also, love the contrast(juxtaposition) of the two textures and colors between the butte and the tree covered ridge in the foreground. Your recent series of posts seem to have taken a quantum leap forward. Good show!

lcarreau

lcarreau - Oct 1, 2009 1:46 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: what's in a name?

Well, I'm guessing that my new Canon PowerShot has something to do with it.

The juniper tree-covered ridge in the foreground is actually the top of Airport Mesa in Sedona, Arizona. Thanks for the kind words!

-Larry of AZ

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