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Continuing my week of Las Vegas Wedding posts, let’s take a look at the Valley of Fire, about 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas. A popular spot for TV commercials, it also played host to a wedding I attended. It’s very scenic. Here’s one of the red rocks that give the valley its name:
It’s really hard to take a bad photo in the place. The valley is also the setting for an annual marathon, contains a number of petroglyphs, and has a bunch of these little guys (who we thought was a pika, but apparently he’s an “antelope ground squirrel”):
But the wedding party knew something else was familiar about the Valley of Fire. And of course, Wikipedia to the rescue, it’s the setting for the part of Star Trek: Generations where Kirk battles Soran, with tragic results:
Read more about the Valley of Fire, if you dare.
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If you keep going North East from the Valley of Fire a few hundred miles, you will reach Goblin Valley in Southern Utah.
Walking around that place, you feel like you really are on another planet. Goblin Valley has been in SciFi movies too. My favorite is when Captain Nesmith battles the rock monster in “Galaxy Quest” (the best movie if you like Star Trek or if you like making fun of Trekkies)
posted by n2y2 on 3-8-2007 at 1:07 pm
Before someone points out my mistake, I will issue my own correction.
In Galaxy Quest, Tim Allen plays Jason Nesmith who is a self-absorbed actor that plays Captain Peter Taggart on a cult SciFi TV show.
So, in the comment above, I should have said Captain Taggart.
posted by n2y2 on 3-8-2007 at 1:43 pm