Sunrise Fog Over the Colorado and Gila Rivers

by Priscilla Burgers

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Sunrise Fog Over the Colorado and Gila Rivers

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Priscilla Burgers

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Photograph - Photography

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SUNRISE FOG OVER THE COLORADO AND GILA RIVERS

Fog forms over the Colorado and Gila Rivers as the sun rises above the mountains. This scene was photographed from Winterhaven, California but also includes part of Arizona near Yuma. Few people realize that the Gila is one of the longest rivers in the West. That’s because it’s typically drained dry before getting halfway through its 500-mile voyage west to the Colorado River near Yuma, AZ. Once navigable by large riverboats from its mouth nearly to Phoenix, the Gila below Phoenix today crosses the Gila River Indian Reservation as an intermittent trickle due to large irrigation diversions. About 90 percent of all the leafy vegetables grown in the U.S. from November through March are grown in and around the Yuma area. While lettuce is the largest winter crop, it is by no means the only one. There are over 175 different crops grown in the Yuma area year round. The list includes alfalfa, Bermuda grass seed, cotton, dates, lemons, melons and wheat.

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March 15th, 2018

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