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From: shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
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Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2024 18:29:13 -0400
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On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 17:14:11 -0400, Rhino
<no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 09 Apr 2024 16:37:35 -0400
>shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 16:08:32 -0400, Rhino
>> <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>> 
>> >One of my friends just shared a video with me touting the features of
>> >the latest Tesla FSD (Full Self Driving) software and I was surprised
>> >to find that it was made in Scottsdale. It's essentially the first
>> >video footage I've seen of the place.
>> >
>> >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX4kekZ2Fps [25 minutes]
>> >
>> >I've always found it interesting to see places I've never been. They
>> >always seem to look different than whatever I've anticipated. This is
>> >no exception. I suppose I was expecting more sandy desert and cactus
>> >and fewer boulders and scrub grass and palm trees ;-)
>> >
>> >Anyway, anyone curious to see what the area looks like might find
>> >this an interesting video.    
>> 
>> Looks much like it did back in the 90s. I spent a week out in the
>> Phoenix area for work. Now if you head North/North East about 100
>> miles you will find much more trees and the temps will be much cooler
>> as you head into the mountains.
>
>Am I safe in assuming that the trees were planted by people rather than
>natural processes and that the existence of the trees has caused the
>cooler temperatures as approach the mountains?

In the Phoenix area it's mostly planted trees. Going up NE of Phoenix
into the mountains you get trees that were naturally there. The cooler
temps are more due to the higher elevations than the trees as they
aren't the thick groves you see in Canada or on the east coast of the
USA. After all you go north/NE of Phoenix/Scottsdale the elevation
changes from close to sea level up to several thousand feet above sea
level. You can see the change more dramatically at the Grand Canyon
where there can be 10-15 degrees difference between the top of the
canyon and the bottom, a difference of about five thousand feet or
more.