Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings

Aug 30, 2012

Flying from Cortez, Colorado.

Mesa Verde, SW Colorado, is the site of some of the best ancient Cliff Dwellings.

Cliff Dwellings on Mesa Verde.
These are inside the National Park where there are flying restrictions,
 so this is as close as I could get.

Other ancient dwellings on the Mesa

These are other Cliff Dwellings that I found outside the National Park.

They are down in a canyon, so this is as close as I could get.

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Some nearby rock formations. 

This is spectacular country.  'Ship Rock' is just south of here.