{"id":842,"date":"2021-07-05T16:02:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T16:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/?p=842"},"modified":"2021-08-16T22:39:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T22:39:24","slug":"the-sky-islands-of-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/information\/the-sky-islands-of-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"The sky islands of Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"842\" class=\"elementor elementor-842\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dcf6d88 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dcf6d88\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CHIR_3-950x297.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b36f307 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b36f307\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xxl\">Ahhh...Sky islands in Arizona<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a52fd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a52fd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #07043f;\"><strong>Does it conjure a vision of something sci-fi? Landmasses floating in clouds?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea8f3a3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea8f3a3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ebba18b\" data-id=\"ebba18b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19bc888 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19bc888\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In Arizona the sky islands are real, however, sorry to say, they are not islands that float in the air. So why are they so special then? These mystical sky islands are specific types of mountain ranges that are isolated from their surrounding landscape. They differ dramatically from the surrounding terrain due to their extreme changes in elevation over a short distance. These tall islands can reach over 10,000 feet high! So, in that sense, they indeed are very special. Especially in the middle of a harsh ocean of desert environment surrounding them.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2b62c8\" data-id=\"f2b62c8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b6adc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"38b6adc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/floating-islands-300x196.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/floating-islands-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/floating-islands-200x130.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/floating-islands-455x297.jpg 455w, https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/floating-islands.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc5acaf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc5acaf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-32cf242\" data-id=\"32cf242\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1288cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1288cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How is this natural phenomenon possible? Glad you asked!<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">As elevation increases, temperature decreases. This means, due to the dew point being closer to the temperature, condensation is created. Condensation creates saturated clouds and saturated clouds create rain. Rain and cooler temperatures invite flora and fauna that are not able to live in the seas of the hot and dry deserts below.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ef51b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ef51b3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6af53be\" data-id=\"6af53be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-994e3e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"994e3e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CHIR-mix.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CHIR-mix.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CHIR-mix-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CHIR-mix-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a016c76\" data-id=\"a016c76\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e4b5ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e4b5ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These regions, located in southeastern Arizona, are some of the most biologically diverse areas of North America! As you ascend the slopes the flora changes quickly. From grasslands with cacti, through Arizona cypress, Arizona sycamore, oak woodlands, and juniper and up to the forests of pine and cypress. And wildflowers. Did we mention the wildflowers intermingled with mosses, mushrooms, and lichens?<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-87389bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87389bb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b215cfd\" data-id=\"b215cfd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a68c3f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a68c3f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Besides being home to over 150 species of birds, there are black bears, whitetail deer, box turtles, goshawks, coaties, turkey vultures, and tiger salamanders. This is just a small example. \u00a0According to the National Park Service, there are 71 species of mammals, 46 species of reptiles, 8 amphibians, 171 species of birds, and uncounted numbers of insects that regularly occur at sky islands of the Chiricahua National Monument alone. The sky islands in the Coronado National Forest are home to more threatened and endangered species than any other National Forest in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1f099c\" data-id=\"d1f099c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-161db0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"161db0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"525\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wildlife.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wildlife.jpg 905w, https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wildlife-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wildlife-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wildlife-200x111.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wildlife-535x297.jpg 535w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-be280f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be280f3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4a50c1\" data-id=\"c4a50c1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c472d4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c472d4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"525\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/chi-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/chi-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/chi-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/chi-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/chi-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/chi-446x297.jpg 446w, https:\/\/www.southwesttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/chi.jpg 1037w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb285f8\" data-id=\"bb285f8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b97b27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b97b27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Chiricahua National monument is home to the\u00a0geological wonders of rhyolite rock pinnacles. What in the world are rhyolite rock pinnacles? Looking like giants standing guard over the landscape, these massive rock pillars with large boulders seemingly precariously balanced on top can rise hundreds of feet into the air. These were created by ash and other debris compacting forming rhyolite rock. Then erosion took place over time and formed the pillars but left the hardened rhyolite rock on top. 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