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One of the Papago Buttes as seen from the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona, looking northwest.

   Looking northwest at one of the Papago Buttes from the Desert Botanical Garden.  These steeply dipping / beds of age are riddled with small caves called "".  Tall Saguaro cacti (20 to 30 feet, 6 to 10 meters) are visible on the foreground slopes.
   The dip is visible at about 45° to the left in this picture, and the tilt resulted from fault activity associated with the uplift of the South Mountain , about 8 miles (~13km) to the southwest.  The rocks shown here are the same formation as that found on the west end of Camelback Mountain.
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   See the GeoHistory page if you want to know more about why the landscape looks the way it does, or return to the map of "The Rocks of the Valley of the Sun" for more view locations.
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  This is view number 1 of 4 scenes of the Papago Buttes.  You can also see them a great sunset view from South Mountain.

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