Landscape Evolution
These two photos (below) were taken twenty-four (24) years apart. Compare the changes in the landscape and vegetation that occurred in that period. (Click on any of the photos to see a larger image.)
December, 1980	December, 2004
Other than the color (faded from a 27 year old photograph), differences can be seen in the hoodoo eroded away (gravity and water are powerful forces), many of the Rocky Mountain junipers along the opposite face also were washed down the hill, and there is a dramatic increase in the amount of mesquite on the opposite upland. These photos are taken from the Katarina Caves parking area, facing east. Notice the changes in the vegetation, slough (colluvial material), and shape of the small outcrop through time.
August, 2001	September, 2003
February, 2004	December, 2004
March, 2005	October, 2005
September, 2006