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Al Andersen
@alandersen.bsky.social
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An archive of what once was, to remember what no longer is.
Disclaimer: I clone out minor distractions and fix the occasional drab sky. Don't get persnickety!

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Date: 20150926
Location: Navajo Bridge, Marble Canyon, Arizona

A view of the Navajo bridges on US-89a at Marble Canyon, Arizona, with the Echo Cliffs in the distance.

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Two large steel truss bridges cross the deep sandstone gorge of Marble Canyon, their sweeping arches rising high above the chasm. Sunlit red Echo Cliffs extend across the background while a cloud-filled sky adds brightness, emphasizing the scale between the bridges and the vast desert landscape.
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Location: Navajo Bridge Interpretive Center, Marble Canyon, Arizona

An outdoor Kiva stove at the Navajo Bridge Interpretive Center in Marble Canyon, Arizona.

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A rounded kiva stove built from stacked sandstone blocks rises from pale rock at the Navajo Bridge Interpretive Center. Sunlight highlights its warm, weathered texture while wooden shade structures and a winding walkway curve around it beneath a sky filled with scattered clouds.
November 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150523
Location: San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Charleston, Arizona

Soft morning light brightens a river bend framed by cottonwoods and willows, casting vivid reflections across the still water

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Morning sunlight filters through dense cottonwoods and willows arching over a slow river bend. Bright green foliage reflects clearly in the still water, while grasses and brush cluster along the banks, forming a tranquil spring scene filled with layered shadows and gentle highlights.
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150523
Location: San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Charleston, AZ

Morning sunlight glows across a shaded river lined with cottonwoods and willows.

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Morning sunlight filters through dense cottonwoods and willows that arch over a narrow, winding river. Soft reflections ripple across the calm water while tall grasses and pale brush cluster along the banks, creating a peaceful spring scene filled with layered green foliage and gentle light.
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150516
Location: San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Charleston, Arizona

Sunlight illuminates a weathered adobe wall standing among dense brush in the secluded ruins of Charleston.

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A color photograph of sunlight striking a tall, eroded adobe wall surrounded by overgrown grasses and dense woodland. Cracks and rough textures appear across the warm earth-colored surface as tree shadows fall over it. A second adobe remnant stands farther back along a narrow, shaded path within the hidden ghosttown site. A monochrome photograph of sunlight striking a tall, eroded adobe wall surrounded by overgrown grasses and dense woodland. Cracks and rough textures appear across the warm earth-colored surface as tree shadows fall over it. A second adobe remnant stands farther back along a narrow, shaded path within the hidden ghosttown site.
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150516
Location: San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Charleston, Arizona

Bright morning light spills across a winding river shaded by dense cottonwoods and willows, illuminating fresh spring foliage

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Morning sunlight shines through dense cottonwoods and willows arching over a shallow, winding river. Bright green foliage reflects in the calm water while pebbled banks and scattered driftwood frame the scene, creating a peaceful spring landscape beneath a soft blue sky.
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150516
Location: San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Charleston, AZ

Warm morning light illuminates a quiet river bordered by dense cottonwoods and willows, leaves glowing with fresh spring color.

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Morning sunlight filters through cottonwoods and willows hanging over a shallow, gently curving river. Reflections shimmer on the calm water as dense green foliage surrounds the banks, creating a tranquil spring scene with warm highlights and soft shadows throughout the riparian setting.
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150514
Location: San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Sierra Vista, Arizona

A lone heron wades in a quiet pond bordered by tall reeds and framed by expansive cottonwood trees.

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A color photograph of a tall heron standing in shallow rippling water near a cluster of dense green reeds, while large cottonwood trees rise in layered canopies across the background. Overcast light softens the colors, revealing subtle textures in foliage, trunks, and shoreline vegetation within a calm riparian scene. A toned photograph of a tall heron standing in shallow rippling water near a cluster of dense green reeds, while large cottonwood trees rise in layered canopies across the background. Overcast light softens the colors, revealing subtle textures in foliage, trunks, and shoreline vegetation within a calm riparian scene.
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Date: 20150511
Location: Camp Rucker, Douglas, Arizona

An adobe storage building built into the side of a hill that served as a jail and root cellar at historic Camp Rucker outside of Douglas, Arizona.

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Adobe jail and root cellar structure partially collapsed and built into a forested hillside at Camp Rucker near Douglas, Arizona. The building has a crumbling adobe wall, exposed wooden beams, and a weathered wooden door, surrounded by trees, fallen logs, and leaf-covered ground in a dry woodland setting.
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Date: 20150511
Location: Camp Rucker, Douglas, Arizona

A panoramic view of the old ranch house ruins at Camp Rucker in Arizona, taken from the rear of the structure: sitting area addon on left, corridor to kitchen, main house on the right.

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Panoramic view of a deteriorating adobe ranch house at Camp Rucker, Arizona, showing a rusted tin roof, a wooden chimney, and a sitting room extension bathed in light. The scene is framed by tall, leafless trees and dry grass, with aged wood fencing and scattered sheet metal debris adding to the sense of abandonment in the rural, forested landscape.
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150511
Location: Camp Rucker, Douglas, Arizona

The spacious kitchen in the ranch house at Camp Rucker in Arizona.

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November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150511
Location: Camp Rucker, Douglas, Arizona

A small bedroom in the ranch house at Camp Rucker in Arizona, perhaps, considering the pink walls, a children's bedroom. The runner below the window supported the bed platform.

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A small empty room with pink-painted wood paneling and two windows letting in soft sunlight. The walls have built-in ledges and show signs of wear and dust. The space, possibly a child's bedroom, is part of the historic ranch house at Camp Rucker in Arizona.
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150511
Location: Camp Rucker, Douglas, Arizona

The small bathroom off the front room of the ranch house at Camp Rucker in Arizona.

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A small, aging bathroom with vertical wood paneling contains a stained white porcelain sink mounted to the wall, with separate hot and cold faucets. Above it is an open, damaged medicine cabinet, and to the left are a metal towel bar and soap holder. Light enters from a nearby window, revealing years of wear.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150511
Location: Camp Rucker, Douglas, Arizona

The front room in the Camp Rucker ranch house in Arizona, with wood paneled walls, fireplace, and built-in book shelves, which was probably the office of the post Commandant.

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A dusty room with yellowed wood-paneled walls, a concrete fireplace, and built-in bookshelves sits abandoned in the Camp Rucker ranch house in Arizona. Sunlight shines through a multi-pane window on the left, and several objects lean against the right wall. The space likely served as an office in the 1880s.
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150511
Location: Camp Rucker, Douglas, Arizona

A weathered adobe ranch house at Camp Rucker stands in ruin, with crumbling plaster, a red brick chimney, and signs of former living and office spaces. Nature slowly reclaims the space.

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A partially crumbling adobe and plaster ranch house with a red brick chimney sits beneath tall trees at Camp Rucker, Arizona. The structure shows signs of decay, with broken stonework and a collapsed fireplace. The roof is sloped, and shadows stretch across the surrounding earth and remnants of fencing.
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150511
Location: Camp Rucker, Douglas, Arizona

The weathered wooden doorway of Camp Rucker's 1880 bakery stands open, revealing an adobe interior bathed in shadow and dust.

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An open wooden door leads into a dark adobe room with dirt floors and thick, textured brick walls. Sunlight enters at an angle, casting shadows on the ground and illuminating a wooden post in the center. The doorway and frame show signs of age and use, evoking a historic frontier atmosphere. Interior view of an adobe brick bakery with exposed wooden beams, a dirt floor, and light entering through an open wooden door. The building shows signs of age, with rough walls and several short wooden posts in the ground, likely used for work surfaces during its use in the 1880s at Camp Rucker.
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150511
Location: Camp Rucker, Douglas, Arizona

An adobe brick building once used as the Camp Rucker bakery stands quietly beneath a tree, its weathered walls and door framed by shadows and grass.

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A small adobe brick building with a wooden door stands in a grassy clearing beside a weathered wooden fence and a large gnarled tree. The structure, built in 1880, once served as the bakery at Camp Rucker near Douglas, Arizona. An adobe brick building with a pitched shingle roof stands in a grassy clearing, its door open to reveal a darkened interior. Built in 1880 as Camp Rucker's bakery, it is accessed by a small stone path and marked by a wooden sign in front. Trees, shadows, and sky frame the structure's rustic setting. An adobe brick building with a wooden shingle roof stands in a clearing surrounded by dry grass and trees. A small stone path leads to its open doorway. The building, once a bakery at Camp Rucker in 1880, is weathered but intact, with soft sunlight illuminating the scene and fencing visible nearby.
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150511
Location: Camp Rucker, Douglas, Arizona

The adobe brick building that housed the Camp Rucker bakery, built in the Fall of 1880 near Douglas, Arizona.

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An adobe brick building with a wooden shingle roof stands in a grassy clearing near Douglas, Arizona. The structure, once used as Camp Rucker's bakery, has an open doorway, a side window, and crumbling stones in the foreground.
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150511
Location: Camp Rucker, Douglas, Arizona

The Camp Rucker stockaded (walls made from massive vertical logs) barn is an imposing structure, built to house and protect livestock from theft and harm.

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A color photograph of a long wooden barn with a bright red metal roof is surrounded by a tall stockade of vertical logs in a grassy clearing. The barn stands at Camp Rucker, backed by rugged forested hills and rocky ridges. The scene is bathed in sunlight, showcasing the structure's historic and defensive design. A monochrome photograph of a long wooden barn with a bright red metal roof is surrounded by a tall stockade of vertical logs in a grassy clearing. The barn stands at Camp Rucker, backed by rugged forested hills and rocky ridges. The scene is bathed in sunlight, showcasing the structure's historic and defensive design.
November 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150506
Location: Rucker Canyon, Douglas, Arizona

A large oak tree with bare spring branches stretches over a quiet dirt back-road beneath a vivid blue sky and soft clouds.

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A large oak tree with leafless branches stands beside a dirt back-road that curves through a grassy, wooded landscape. The sky above is a deep blue with scattered white clouds, and early spring sunlight casts soft shadows across the road and ground. The peaceful rural setting feels open and calm.
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150507
Location: San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Fairbank, Arizona

Two aged wooden structures sit in a sunlit clearing in Fairbank, Arizona.

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A weathered wooden house with a rusted corrugated metal roof stands in the desert town of Fairbank, Arizona. The building shows signs of age with peeling window paint and warped boards, while a smaller outbuilding sits nearby. Sparse grass and bare desert trees surround the structures under a clear blue sky. A weathered wooden house in Fairbank, Arizona features a rusted corrugated metal roof, peeling white-painted window frames, and patchy siding. The building is surrounded by sparse grass and dry desert vegetation, with leafless trees in the background and a faded sky overhead. The house appears abandoned and aged by time.
November 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150507
Location: San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Fairbank, Arizona

An old wooden doorway with glass panes stands beneath a sunlit adobe wall in Fairbank, Arizona.

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A weathered wooden door with glass panes sits in an adobe wall, with tall grass growing at the base. The glass reflects a view of bare trees and a sunlit dirt path, suggesting a quiet, deserted setting. The frame is rustic, and the surface shows signs of age, evoking a historic desert saloon.
November 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Date: 20150507
Location: San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Fairbank, Arizona

The San Pedro River flows gently through a desert landscape near Fairbank, Arizona, seen from a high vantage point.

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A view from above shows the San Pedro River curving through a desert landscape near Fairbank, Arizona. Green trees and shrubs line the narrow, shallow waterway, while dry branches and grasses fill the foreground. The mix of dry terrain and lush foliage highlights the river's path through the arid region.
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150507
Location: San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Fairbank, Arizona

A narrow dirt path meanders under an arching canopy of mesquite trees, bordered by low green weeds and filtered sunlight.

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A winding dirt trail leads through a tunnel-like corridor of bare mesquite trees, casting long, narrow shadows across the path. The ground is lined with green weeds and sparse desert vegetation. The overhead branches create a sheltered, secluded feeling, highlighting the contrast between light and shade. A dirt trail leads straight ahead beneath an arching canopy of leafless mesquite trees, casting long shadows across the path. The ground is bordered by patches of green weeds and dry undergrowth, and the dense trees form a tunnel-like corridor. The scene feels quiet, shaded, and secluded.
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
alandersen.bsky.social
Date: 20150503
Location: San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Sierra Vista, Arizona

A serene stretch of the San Pedro River flows beneath a canopy of tall Cottonwood trees.

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A tranquil river curves through a shaded forest of Cottonwood trees, with their tall trunks leaning over the water. The ground is covered in tangled roots and green grasses, while sunlight filters through the canopy, casting light and shadows on the calm river surface. The scene feels quiet and sheltered.
November 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM