Sacred Datura

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All species of Datura are DEADLY POISON.
Toxicity levels can vary widely from plant to plant.
It is impossible to determine a safe dosage outside of a laboratory.
Even if it doesn't kill you, you can suffer permanent mental and physical damage.

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Double Butte Graffiti

This is the OG photo, where I first noticed the graffiti, but not until I got home and was looking at the day's photo dump. I had thought the path here was an east-west path, so when I went looking for the graffiti the next two days I couldn't find it. Then, looking closer at the photo, I realized the it was actually a north-south trail, and on the third day I found it.


When I arrived at the graffiti it was visible from one of the dirt roads, approximately 15 meters up the hill. I found a trail that traversed the side of the hill and got to within about 7 meters, from where I took this photo. I noticed there was another trail branching off that would put me within 2 meters, and decided to return and hike up to it the next day.


These were taken today, as close as I could get to it, the third with optical zoom. Disclaimer: there was a nearly vertical trail that would put me right up at the rock face, but it is beyond my hiking/climbing skill. However, it remains an intriguing possibility as my skills improve.


To provide context, this photo was taken from the dirt road that passes closest to the graffiti; getting closer requires hiking up trails. You can see the first trail here: it starts at the lower left, where the fronds are, and moves up and to the right, before it switches back left behind a bush. I'm not the best at estimating heights, but I'm guessing it is about 15 meters, as I said before.


Finally, the obligatory selfies.