Colorado Plateau at NAU Cline Library

You can take a fascinating virtual trip back through the history of the Colorado Plateau by visiting Colorado Plateau Digital Archives at Northern Arizona University's Cline Library. (Soon we'll take a little road trip down to Cline Library, NAU, Flagstaff. I'll post some pics and the location of the library.)

One of my favorite exhibits is Beyond the Rainbow: The Photographs of James J. Hanks which, in addition to almost 450 digitally scanned negatives from 1027 and 1928, gives access to repeat photography that allows us to see some of Hanks' photographs side-by-side with 2005 pictures of the same sites.

This exhibit is just one part of an ongoing work to make the Colorado Plateau Collections, held by Cline Library, more accessible to students, researchers and the general public. Whether you visit these archives online or at the Library, it is a trip you don't want to miss.

An Early Start

Temperature in Flagstaff was hovering somewhere around freezing this morning. Not very significant you say? But, consider that the high was 85 on Monday. Now look at the pictures below--taken this morning at 7:30 am. It's so cool. No pun intended.

I had no plan to start this blog with a weather report. Actually, today wasn't going to be the day to celebrate the inauguration of The Coconino Chronicles. But, we intend to go where this journey takes us, whether it's back into history or following some irresistible path today. So here we are watching these perfectly gorgeous snowflakes fall. Wonder what lies ahead.