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Tumamoc Sketchbook

Art & Science on Tumamoc Hill, Tucson's sacred mountain.

Category: Plants

scanned mesquite beans
August 15, 2020May 11, 2021

The unbearable lightness of beans

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June 17, 2020May 11, 2021

Summer sketchings

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March 27, 2020March 27, 2020

March musings in Tumamoc’s shadow

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March 3, 2020March 27, 2020

Brittlebush ascending

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Sonoran Plant Garden #1, by Paul Mirocha
September 9, 2017

Sideways glances and hidden entanglements

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fallen saguaro sgp5 on Tuammoc Hill, photo by Paul Mirocha
November 1, 2016August 31, 2017

R.I.P. SGP5

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saguaro-arms photo by paul mirocha
September 18, 2013September 20, 2013

Saguaro Arms

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scanned winter annual plants from Tumamoc
April 24, 2013May 26, 2013

Knee Flowers

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saguaro flower series botaincal plate
July 30, 2012July 31, 2012

Rainmaker

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April plant calendar
April 30, 2012May 11, 2012

Yellow Moon

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saguaro buds
April 26, 2012May 8, 2012

The Daily Saguaro Flower

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This site is maintained by Paul Mirocha, Artist-in-Residence at the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill, which is owned by the University of Arizona. On the Hill, a small group of artists and invited creatives of all kinds create projects and collaborate with scientists to expand understanding and appreciation of the beauty of the Sonoran Desert region.

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