Places having to do with the Sky and the Earth

We spent the last few days visiting Meteor Crater, Petrified Forest National Park, The Painted Desert, Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Oak Creek canyon, Slip Rock State Park and Sedona. Whew! Sounds like a lot but one site flowed easily to another.
On the way from Chaco to Flagstaff we passed Meteor Crater.
50,000 years ago a meteor the size of a football field landed and made a very big hole in the ground.

This has filled up with dirt over the centuries but it was originally 750 feet deep . It mostly vaporized on contact . The visitor center had a piece on display.

We then passed The Petrified Forest National Park which had lots of beautiful scenery and huge pieces of petrified wood.

The next day we walked around Flagstaff and then visited Lowell Observatory. Lowell Observatory is a long standing working observatory with lots of different telescopes. More interesting to see than to describe. This next photo is the actual telescope used to discover Pluto.

Today we drove through beautiful Oak Creek Canyon and Slip Rock State Park on the way to Sedona. Sedona is a unique and lovely town with views, shops and restaurants galore.

Oak Creek Canyon

Sedona center and Joy's new jacket

Grand Canyon Tomorrow!