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famousinuniverse · 4 months

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Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness, San Juan County, New Mexico, United States: Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness is located in San Juan County, New Mexico, between Chaco Canyon and the De-Na-Zin Wilderness. Its name is a phonetic transliteration of Navajo "áshįįh łibá" meaning "salt, it is grey". Wikipedia

#Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness #San Juan County #New Mexico #United States

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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 2 years

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Photo: Steve Ancik/National Park Service (2022) :: [Scott Horton]

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With rock formations that resemble something out of a science fiction movie, Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Study Area calls upon the imaginative spirit. Located in San Juan County in northwestern New Mexico, the land is rich with fossils and stunning geological formations, making it perfect for hiking and photography. The name is derived from Áshįįh łibá, which means "gray salt" in Diné bizaad

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“Once in his life a man ought to concentrate his mind upon the remembered earth. He ought to give himself up to a particular landscape in his experience; to look at it from as many angles as he can, to wonder about it, to dwell upon it. He ought to imagine that he touches it with his hands at every season and listens to the sounds that are made upon it. He ought to imagine the creatures there and all the faintest motions of the wind. He ought to recollect the glare of the moon and the colors of the dawn and dusk.” ― N. Scott Momaday

#Dine Bizaad #Ashih Liba #Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Study Area #New Mexico #Steve Sncik #Scott Horton #quotes #N. Scott Momaday

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kosmia · 2 years

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Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness, New Mexico

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mutant-distraction · 2 months

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Mammatus clouds over Ah-Shi-sle-pah Wilderness Study Area in New Mexico

source: Space and Universe

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nmnomad · 7 days

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The Lybrook Badlands are part of the San Juan Basin. The basin encompasses numerous fascinating badlands and hoodoo areas, such as Burnham Badlands, the Fossil Forest, the Bisti/De-Na-Zin, Ojito & Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah wilderness areas, as well as several other smaller areas.

#New Mexico #new mexico landscape #NewMexico #travel #roadtrip #offthebeatenpath #weekendgetaway #hikingadventures #wanderlust #badlands #geology

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bignaz8 · 1 year

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This bizarre sandstone structure is known as the 'Alien Throne'. It stands in the Valley of Dreams, on Navajo Nation land in the northwestern New Mexico badlands. The 'Alien Throne' is found just outside the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Study Area, which is home to multicolored badlands, sandstone hoodoos, petrified wood and dinosaur bones.

This towering structure is a hoodoo, which is a tall, thin spire of rock that sticks out from the bottom of a badland. Usually hoodoos are formed within sedimentary rock and volcanic rock formations.

Minerals deposited within different rock types cause hoodoos to have different colors throughout their height.

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speedyz3 · 8 months

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Hoodoos as far as the eye can see. The Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness area is simply amazing. Beautiful rock formations and hoodoos for days. We were there for 4-5 hours and never saw another person until we were leaving.

#nature #desert southwest #new mexico #Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah #divine_deserts #hoodoos #enjoy the view

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deesmenagerie · 9 months

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Gotta start somewhere, and your best bet is a book

Since 2020, I've jumped headfirst into the world of hiking and exploring nature with intention and reverence (more on that in a different blog post). I've realized that I have a solid sense of direction, and can navigate trail maps with relative ease. It's taken practice, of course, and a fair number of (low-stakes) missteps, but I can say with confidence that I can navigate my way along a decently marked trail with the support of a map.

All of that confidence goes out the window when there are no trails to follow. And the Ah-shi-sle-pah wilderness is just that-- a wilderness, backcountry with no human-constructed guidance.

So, I did what any nerd would do and bought a book to teach me how to actually navigate.

Even though it might not seem like it to some, this is a big goal for me, and I've learned that it's best to break up a big goal into many little steps. This is my first little step. As long as I take these little steps consistently, I'll reach my goal.

And when society inevitably collapses during my lifetime, navigation is going to be a very important skill to know!

#backpacking #navigation #myjourneytobackcountry #photography #nature #personal

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guywithbotheyes · 2 days

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Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness, New Mexico

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wonders-of-natur · 1 year

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Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness, New Mexico

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houseofcatwic · 1 year

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The Alien Throne at Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Study Area in northwestern New Mexico. Photo by Terrance Haanen

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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 4 months

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Mammatus clouds over Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Study Area, name derived from Diné "áshįįh łibá" ("salt, but it is gray"), about 7.5 miles northwest of Nageezi (Naayízí), Dinétah, New Mexico. Photo: Jesse Bull Chris (Jan 2024) :: [Thanks to Robert Scott Horton]

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There’s a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons – That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes –

Heavenly Hurt, it gives us – We can find no scar, But internal difference – Where the Meanings, are –

None may teach it – Any – ‘Tis the seal Despair – An imperial affliction Sent us of the Air –

When it comes, the Landscape listens – Shadows – hold their breath – When it goes, ‘tis like the Distance On the look of Death –

Emily Dickinson [F320]

#Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah #New Mexico #Dine #Dinetah #Mammatus clouds #Nageezi #Jesse Bull Chris #poem #poetry #Emily Dickinson

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stumbleimg · 2 years

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