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The Desert Speaks
Desert Treasures
Season 16
Episode 1607
The desert yields a bounty of treasures, and The Desert Speaks travels to find out where these items come from and who values the unusual treasures. The search begins with a hunt for fish fossils in the Red Desert of Wyoming and then to the Painted Desert. Take a trip to Tucson, Arizona to see meteorite collector Robert Haag. Finally, the Lost Dutchman Mine in the Superstition Mountains.
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The final episode in the Galapagos Islands features some of the “newer” islands.
Host David Yetman hops into a motorcycle sidecar to explore Wyoming’s Red Desert
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Travel through the desert with the inventor of goat packing, John Mionczynski.
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Learn how Tohono O’Odham tribal members are passing down traditions.
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Explore Andean Condors and learn their ritualistic significance to native people.
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Examine pre-Incan ruins before venturing to the skies for a view of the Nazca lines.