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The Desert Speaks
Season 2, Episode 4: The Pinacate
Season 2
Episode 4
The Pinacate is like another world. At first glance, barren and desolate, but full of surprises! Explore the hottest and driest region of North America. Just south of the Arizona/Sonora border, this land of lava, giant craters and sand dunes is remarkably dynamic, despite temperatures topping 150 degrees.
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The geological and spiritual history of the Glen Canyon region.

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Host David Yetman takes a trip to the pueblos of the Sierra Madre.

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Trek through Utah’s Little Grand Canyon.

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Host David Yetman and his brother take a geological road trip to Utah’s Colorado Plateau.

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Host David Yetman travels to track jaguar movements through Eastern Sonora Mexico.

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Join Herpatologists to learn more about venomous creatures of the Sonoran Desert.

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Host David Yetman travels to quick trips off of the interstate.

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Host David Yetman heads west of Tucson to visit some undiscovered places.

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Travel through the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and Quitobaquito Springs.

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Travel along the eastern border of the Gadsden Purchase.

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Travel around the Puna, the high-elevation plains of Chile’s Atacama Desert.

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We trace the Atacama Desert Trade route from the Pacific coast to the Chilean Andes.