Superstition Mountains by junge1

Photography • Landscape • posted on Mar 19, 2017

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The Superstition Mountains are on the Eastern end of the 'Valley of the Sun'. A lot of folklore is linked with these mountains and unrelated to that every year hikers get lost in the Superstitions and more often than not are found dead, usually from lack of water. This view is from the Apache Trail. This picture was taken on 12 March 2017, Sig...

Comments (18)

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starship64

1:40AM | Sun, 19 March 2017

It's a gorgeous mountain range, but I'm not surprised that people die there if they don't have enough water. I've lived in the desert most of my life, and if you want to survive, you have to respect the environment and be prepared.

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junge1

2:06AM | Sun, 19 March 2017

You are very right! According to the military survival manuals at temperatures of around 40C a person requires at least a gallon/day with more water required as temperatures go up.

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virginiese

3:02AM | Sun, 19 March 2017

Great view. And yes, it is not very clever to go there without water.

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Juliette.Gribnau

3:39AM | Sun, 19 March 2017

beautiful view !!

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LivingPixels

4:19AM | Sun, 19 March 2017

Wonderful impact superb photo my friend!!

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sossy

4:45AM | Sun, 19 March 2017

cool rock formation and for me are the cacti eyecatchers because i am not used to see them! the cables reminds me of the island of skye and the old man of storr, same desaster with the electricity 😃

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