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Downtown Phoenix, Arizona from Lookout Mountain, looking SSW.

   Looking southwest into the Valley of the Sun from Lookout Mountain.  A low expanse in the provides a great view of downtown Phoenix.  Behind, in the immediate background, is the long, low ridge of South Mountain, a .  Barely visible through the intense sunlight, to the right in the distance, and much higher, are the Sierra Estrella.
   The valley where central Phoenix sits is a gigantic down-dropped block of continental crust between mountain ranges.
 
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