{"id":5319,"date":"2014-12-30T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/?p=5319"},"modified":"2014-12-30T06:00:49","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T10:00:49","slug":"still-san-rafael-swell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/still-san-rafael-swell\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Still San Rafael Swell…"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nSo here I am in Black Dragon Canyon where I first discovered conventional petrographs but with quite rare scenes.
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\n1. Principal petrographs panel.
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\n2. Detail of the figure on the left and a kind of small octopus.
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\n3. A chicken attacked by a snake!
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\n4. And here is another rare representation with that kind of dog.
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\n5. Beside, under an overhang, is another type of petroglyphs making the site’s reputation. It seems this is the only place where they are such petroglyphs.
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\n6. They extend over about thirty feet.
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\n7. I didn’t find any information about what they might represent.
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\n8. I then hiked in another nearby canyon where there are potholes, water points for many animals.
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\n9. Reflection…
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\n10. Nice place to spend the night while a ray of light finally shines…
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\n11. The next day, arriving at one of the highlands of the San Rafael Swell in a shower sky and a chill wind.
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\n12. VLV advances towards the canyon of the San Rafael River.
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\n13. The place is beautiful, with high cliffs.
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\n14. Heavy sky…
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\n15. After a good hike in the wind, I reached the slopes of Black Box, a deep chasm of the Sans Rafael River.
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\n16. Black Box…
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\n17. While going back to VLV in late afternoon…
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\n18. Downstream the Buckhorn Wash.
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\n19. Little Grand Canyon, another canyon made by the San Rafael River upstream. The view is superb despite the 15F..!
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\nVivaLaVida then turned South-West, in search of little milder temperatures for Christmas. To discover soon… \ud83d\ude09
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