Pale aku ʻo Sonora i kahi, mamao loa mai ka noho ʻole ʻia ʻana, kahi o nā wahi waiwai loa o nā mea olaola: ka Pinacate a me ka Wao akua ʻo Altar Nui. Hoʻokipa e hālāwai me ia!
Kūlike ʻole i ka manaʻo o nā mea he nui, he wahi ia me ke ola nui, kahi e hoʻohana ai ke kanaka o kēia au i ka ʻike a me nā hana i hoʻohana ʻia no ka millennia e nā hui ʻōiwi i noho i ka ʻāina.
Me ka mālamalama mua o ka wanaʻao mehana, lawe nā puʻu one mamao i kahi hue gula nani: ʻo lākou nā kuahiwi nui i ka hopena hema o ka El Pinacate a me Gran Desierto de Altar Biosfir Reserve ... ko mākou huakaʻi i ka mokuʻāina ʻo Sonora.
Ma ke kakahiaka nui ua haʻalele mākou iā Puerto Peñasco, kahi kūlanakauhale lawaiʻa i makemake ʻia e nā tausani o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi mai ka mokuʻāina kokoke o ʻAlikona; ʻo ka huakaʻi mai ka hema a i ke kūkulu ʻākau, a kekahi mau kilomita ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i ka puka i nā wahi mālama, i ke komohana, ke komo i nā puʻu. ʻO ke kaʻa a mākou e hele nei he lōʻihi, kūpono no ka huakaʻi ʻana i kēia ala lepo o 8 km wale nō, a hiki i kahi pā e hoʻopuni ʻia e nā pele pele ʻeleʻele; mai laila ʻoe e hele wāwae ai i kahi ala one e hoʻokokoke aku ai iā mākou i kā mākou pahuhopu.
Ma ke kumu o nā puʻu, kokoke 100 m ke kiʻekiʻe, hoʻomaka mākou i ka piʻi. I kou neʻe ʻana i mua a nānā i hope i ka puka ʻana o ka lā, hoʻohuli kona mau kukuna o ke kakahiaka i ke one i ke kala keʻokeʻo maikaʻi. Ma ka piko ʻaʻano ʻole nā kinona, a hohola nā laina huluhulu e like me nā iwi ʻaoʻao a me nā pūhaka e hoʻopili ana, e hana ana i nā moemoeā gula gula nani.
Ma kahi mamao aku, ma ka ʻākau, kūkulu ʻia ka ʻāina e ka silhouette o ka lua pele ʻo Santa Clara a i ʻole El Pinacate, me kona 1,200 mika ma luna o ke kai, ʻoiai ma ke komohana ka honua one nui o ka Gran Desierto de Altar e hoʻomau nei, a ma ka hema kahi e nānā i ka laina lahilahi o ke Kai o Cortez.
Hoʻomaopopo mai ka lani polū hohonu iā mākou i kēia mau lā, me ka ua, ka papahele wao nahele, a ʻo ka puʻu one hoʻi, ua loaʻa iā lākou ka nani ephemeral o kahi māla o nā pua hihiu me ka moena liʻiliʻi e hoʻomālamalama i ka waihoʻoluʻu poni no kekahi mau lā. .
SEMIDESIERTO O ALMOST MOON ASPECT
ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i kēia wahi pale o 714 556 ha, i hana ʻia ma Iune 10, 1993, maʻalahi wale ia, pono mākou e hoʻopaʻa inoa me nā māka park ma ka puka o kahi mālama, ʻoiai he wahi nui ia a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e ʻike ma hea hele wāwae nā malihini. ʻO ke komo nui a me nā keʻena o kahi mālama i loko o ka Los Norteños ejido, ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke alaloa ʻo Sonoyta-Puerto Peñasco, ma km 52. Ma kahi kokoke kahi e ʻike ʻia ai kahi mālama: nā cones lua pele a me nā lua pele , i waena o ia mau mea nā mea hanohano, ʻo El Tecolote a me Cerro Colorado.
No ka ʻike ʻana i kēia mau pūnaewele, kokoke like me ka mahina i ka helehelena, pono e huakaʻi i ke kaʻa kūpono; ʻo mākou, mahalo i ke kākoʻo waiwai o nā limahana mālama, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohana i kahi kaʻa holo kaʻa ʻehā.
Hoʻopuni ʻia ke ala pōhaku e nā cardones, saguaros, choyas a me mesquite, palo verde a me nā kumu lāʻau hao. Ke ʻike nei mākou i nā kahe pele a me nā pōhaku ʻeleʻele i loaʻa nā ʻano capricious; Ma kahi mamao e kū aʻe i nā kiʻekiʻe a me nā puʻupuʻu o nā luaipele i make, e like me Cerro Colorado, nona ka hulu ʻulaʻula i ʻike ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa o nā ao kokoke.
Mai kahi manaʻo geological, he wahi kupaianaha kēia, me nā lua pele o nā lua pele, nā hale pōhaku ʻē a me nā koena pele e uhi ana i nā wahi nui. Keʻa ʻia e kekahi mau alanui kauhale, ʻo kēia ʻāpana o ka Desert Sonoran i kapa ʻia ʻo El Pinacate, nona ka inoa, e like me ka ʻōlelo a kekahi, i kahi nalo liʻiliʻi me ka waihoʻoluʻu ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele e ulu ana i kēia mau ʻāina; akā ʻo kahi mana ʻē aʻe i ʻae ʻia e pili ana i ka like o ka ʻikepili o ka Sierra Santa Clara me ka mea kolo i ʻōlelo ʻia.
Maliʻa paha ʻo ka mea hoʻohihi nui ma aneʻi ka lua pele ʻo El Elegant, ke kipa ʻoi loa o nā mea āpau no ka mea hiki i nā kaʻa ke hoʻokokoke i kāna kaʻe. Mai ka piko ʻoe hiki ke ʻike maopopo i kona 1,600 m ke anawaena a me ka hohonu 250 m o kona lua nui waena. E kiʻi i laila ka mea pono e hele 25 km o ke ala maikaʻi rustic; ʻo 7 km wale nō mai laila mai ʻo Cerro El Tecolote, a ʻo Cerro Colorado ma lalo o 10 km. I ka wā o ka huakaʻi hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i nā alanui, nā nūnū, nā ʻio, nā moʻo, nā hare, nā coyote a me nā dia, a i kekahi manawa, kokoke i nā kuahiwi, hiki ke ʻike i nā hipa bighorn a me nā pronghorn, kahi e palekana ai ma aneʻi.
Mai ka piko ʻulaʻula kiʻekiʻe o El Tecolote, i kahi mamao, hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā papu ʻōmaʻomaʻo e hōʻike ana i nā pōhaku a me nā kiʻekiʻe o nā ʻano a me nā nui like ʻole; Ma kahi kokoke, nā saguaros a me nā spiky cardones e like me nā sentinels ma nā pali o nā puʻu, ʻoiai ka ocotillo e hāpai nei i kāna mau lālani o nā pua ʻulaʻula i ka lani.
Ma kahi aʻe o ke kumu o El Tecolote, kahi awāwa liʻiliʻi kūpono no ka hoʻomoana ʻana a ma laila e hele wāwae ana i kahi kai ākea o nā ʻāpana pele kahi e noho ai ka saguaro, a i ʻole piʻi i kahi pali pōhaku e noʻonoʻo ai i ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā e hoʻonani ana i ka lani me nā leo ʻulaʻula. a me nā ʻalani, ke hoʻohālikelike nei me ka silhouette ʻeleʻele o kahi kokoke iā Sierra Santa Clara.
E like me ke kuahiwi, he mea nui ka noho ʻana i loko o nā ala i hoʻokumu ʻia, no ka mea, ma ka neʻe ʻana aku mai o lākou aku hiki i kekahi ke lilo a pili i nā ʻano mea kanu kū hoʻokahi a i ʻole nā koina archaeological o nā Papagos ʻōiwi, ka mea i hala i hala i hala i hala i hala a mau makahiki huakaʻi hele i ke kai o Cortez a ua waiho i nā hōʻike he nui o kā lākou hele i loko o ka wahi, e like me nā pua pua, nā koena o ka pālolo a me nā kiʻi pena ma luna o nā pōhaku. No nā millennia, ua loli kēia mau pūʻulu i nā pōʻaiapuni kūlohelohe o ka wao akua, a no ke ola ʻana ua hoʻohana lākou i nā kumuwaiwai like ʻole i hāʻawi ʻia iā lākou, e like me nā hua o ka saguaro a me nā mea kanu lāʻau, yuccas a me nā mauʻu e hana i ko lākou lole, e like me ka ʻili o nā wai hou a me ka wai ua i mālama ʻia i loko o nā hue pōhaku aia ma nā ala kuʻuna.
ʻO ka Desert Sonoran, kahi e noho ana ma mua o ka hapalua o ka mokuʻāina a kaʻana ʻia e Arizona, Kaleponi a me nā mokupuni o ke kai o Cortez, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea nui ʻehā ma ʻAmelika Hema a kū i waho ʻo ia ka mea paʻakikī no kāna biodiversity a me ka honua. He kaiaolaola ʻōpio ia i hoʻopau i ka hana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana me ka makahiki hau i hala, he ʻumi kaukani mau makahiki i hala aku nei, a ua ʻōlelo ʻia he wao akua subtropical ma muli o nā pua like ʻole, kahi e kū ai ʻo El Pinacate no kahi o 600 mau ʻano mea kanu i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia.
ʻIke mākou he pono mākou e aʻo e noho me ka wao nahele a ʻaʻole kūʻē iā ia, a i kēia manawa pono mākou e hoʻohana ia mea e hoʻololi ʻole i kona hiki hou ... a mālama iā mākou iho.
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