In this northeast-looking view from near the summit of South Mountain, the Papago Buttes are illuminated by late afternoon sun.  Composed mostly of age , they are gigantic blocks of rock tilted away by the uplifting of the South Mountain .  All we see now are their tips protruding through the of the valley floor.
   These form the scenic context for the Desert Botanical Garden, the Phoenix Zoo, and Papago Park.
 
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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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