Anything about Anza Borrego that does not fit into one of the other forums.
Quartz mystery...
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quidditian Posts: 46
3/6/2010
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Hi David -- I've been trying to post the following in the comment section of the post you made today, but it's just hourglassing and hourglassing, and giving me no love...
Hi there -- I'm THRILLED to find your site, and look forward to exploring it. I just returned from my first trip to Anza, am and painfully in love with the place...and the fact that there seems to be no end to the wonderful things to see. I've always had an affinity for both the desert *and* native american cultures, but I'm heat-intolerant (whiny) and pretty much a hermit, so I never really go out to explore. This was an incredibly fulfilling whim; I felt as though my body was viscerally drinking in the perfect beauty and isolation of the landscape.
While there, I didn't have internet access, but built up a million questions, so now I'm a googling madwoman. One thing is sort of difficult to find anything on -- I went to see the morteros (and later pictographs) yesterday, and noticed something odd, but pretty obviously naturally occurring in the mortero area...perfect lines of quartz embedded along the tops of rocks and sometimes ground...almost like someone in the sky was drizzling icing on a cake.
Do you by any chance have any idea what causes this? I'm the world's worst photographer, but here are some pics...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9702179@N08/4412269317/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9702179@N08/4413037900/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9702179@N08/4413037732/
Thanks!
Cayenne
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