Photo of the Week – Titan Missile Museum Fueling Suits

Photo of the Week – Titan Missile Museum Fueling Suits

Pictured are the fueling suits hanging in the decontamination room of the Titan Missile Museum. To the right on the wall is one of the original phones from the silo’s active days. Once known as Air Force Facility Missile Site 8, the museum is a ‘retired’ and disabled ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) site located in the desert south of Tuscon, Arizona.

Photo of the Week – Starr Kempf’s Metal Sculptures

Photo of the Week – Starr Kempf’s Metal Sculptures

Pictured is the kinetic metal sculptures of famous artist and sculptor Starr Kempf (1917–1995). They were on display outside the home and visible from the road located in Colorado Springs. Each sculpture reportedly took up to 3 years to complete and are each one of a kind.

Photo of the Week – The Checkerboard Mountain

Photo of the Week – The Checkerboard Mountain

This week’s photo is of a famous mountain known officially as the Checkerboard Mesa. It’s made up of Navajo sandstone and 2 lines that form an easily viewed checkerboard pattern. Located on the East side of the Zion National Park in Southern Utah.

Photo of the Week – Montezuma Castle

Photo of the Week – Montezuma Castle

Another scorching hot day in Arizona, another adventure to somewhere new. Montezuma Castle National Monument, located just under 100 miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. This might be the most well preserved cliff dwellings in the entire country.

Photo of the Week – Lake Powell, Arizona

Photo of the Week – Lake Powell, Arizona

This photo was shot on July 4th weekend 2010 during a road trip vacation to Northern Arizona that included visiting Horseshoe Bend, the famous Antelope Canyon, a tour of the Glen Canyon Dam, and of course some cooling off in the lake.

Photo of the Week – Coolidge Dam, Arizona

Photo of the Week – Coolidge Dam, Arizona

This is a photo shot on a hot day from Coolidge Dam just southeast of the small town Globe, AZ. This dam was named after the 30th U.S. president, Calvin Coolidge.