Západní část USA - nádherná příroda, Divoký západ i moderní současnost

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Západní část USA - nádherná příroda, Divoký západ i moderní současnost

Western part of the US - beautiful nature, wild west and modern present

Event by: Přednáškomat, Klub cestovatelů BRNO

Location: Veleslavínova 14, Veleslavínova 14, Brno-Královo Pole

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We start in Arizona. From Phoenix we head to the rock complex of Indian Pueblo Montezuma, enjoying the rock mass of Sedona park, looking at the giant Grand Canyon. We will visit Barringer's meteor crater with a diameter of 1200 meters near Flagstaf. This is followed by a desolate but picturesque landscape of Petrified Forest with fossilized trunks of trees and Route 66 .. We look at the romantic colored pink sand dunes of the Zion National Park and walk on them. Then in a narrow canyon on the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada we will visit the Hoover dam and look from its dam. At the time of the largest dam in the world with a vaulted dam height of 220m. We head to the Las Vegas game center. From there we go to Los Angeles. We will visit the Technical Museum with the cosmic program from Gemini to the Endeavour shuttle and walk around Elon Muska to see the Falcon 9 SpaceX missile, which successfully landed on the ground. We will stop at the legendary ocean liner Queen Mary anchored in La. From here we go back to the countryside to see the giant Yuky in Joshua Tree and head to Tucson behind seven to ten meters cacti. We will visit the Old Tucson western town, which served as film studios for filming leading American Westerns. We will experience the atmosphere of past the Wild West thanks to the stunts of the local cowboys.

Lectures: Josef Staufčík

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