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Here's the sewage treatment settling ponds for the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) jail, far, far away, on Albuquerque's southwest side. No surprise I was stopped by MDC security walking through here. Critical infrastructure!
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Talked briefly to the Offroaders at the Sand Dunes.
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They told me this sand dune here had recently been used as a movie set. They were unsure if it was Superman III, or some other movie.
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Apparently they drilled a compound in the face of the sand dune, used it, then restored it. Keep an eye out for it!
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Every single ding-dang living thing is active now. It's so green out here (comparatively speaking)! This flower is a Phlox heliotrope (Heliotropium convulvaceum).
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I've never seen so much (poisonous) Purple Nightshade out here!
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Distant Manzano Mountains.
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Distant Sandia Mountains.
Breaking Bad's "Confessions" Sand Dune
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In August, 2015, I finally succeeded in reaching the correct sand dune for Breaking Bad's "Confessions" scene. Since I didn't have a four-wheel-drive vehicle or a mountain bike, I chose to park at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), and walk.
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Detail of old corral seen in the distance of the scene.
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Prairie Sunflowers! (Helioanthus petiolaris).
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Lots and lots of Small-Leaf Globemallow (Sphaeralcea parvifolia)!
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Some sort of legume....
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Coming up to source region of the sand - these cliffs and badlands, formed by water draining west to the Rio Puerco River.
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The harder surface is composed of exposed caliche, which cements well, and thus makes a resistant layer.
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I saw a crow trying to enter one of these holes, before I scared it off. It must live here....
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The view northwest.
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The view west.
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The edge.
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Caliche detail.
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The jagged edge.
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The jagged edge - detail.
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An angry bird.
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Pretty flower!
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Frozen sand.
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The Albuquerque Landfill.
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The MDC jail, from the distance.
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Another legume?
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A sagebrush.
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A Fourwing Saltbush (Atriplex canescens).
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An unusual-looking, pale Fourwing Saltbush (Atriplex canescens).
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Pretty flower. Possibly Groundsel (Senecio multicapitatus).
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