Sunday, 1st April 2007
Palm Springs
I had blogged earlier about the
ESRI Dev Summit
at Palm Springs, CA. Palm springs is hailed as "Americas Desert Playground" and a refuge for Hollywood's brightest stars.
Palm Springs offers miles of palm-lined canyons, cascading waterfalls, desert flora, and big horn sheep. The city blends a rich heritage - steeped in Indian, Mexican and Western cultures - with world-class entertainment and a sophisticated business district.
Palm Springs is referred to as "The Golf Capital of the World," with more than 100 championship courses.
The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway is one of the biggest attractions in Southern California and is a way of getting from the floor of the Coachella Valley to near the top of San Jacinto. One of the interesting sights that i got to see right in front of my eyes was a
Dust Devil.
A dust devil or whirlwind is a rotating updraft, ranging from small (half a meter wide and a few meters tall) to large (over 10 meters wide and over 1000 meters tall). In the southwestern United States, dust devils can be known as
dancing devils.
Navajo refer to them as chiindii, a ghost or spirit of a Navajo, if a chiindii spins clockwise it is said to be a good spirit, if it spins counterclockwise it is a bad spirit.
Posted by Nikhil on Sunday, 1st April 2007 in Life in General | Work | Events