Video
A'al Vaipia Digital Tour Preview
Descriptive Transcript
[A vista of the desert landscape, its rolling granite hills speckled with palo verdes, creosote, and saguaros. The camera pans and zooms on a verdant green smudge in the distance, a mesquite bosque surrounding a brilliant blue oasis.]
[The frame cuts to the mesquite bosque. We walk through the dappled shade of the trees and emerge at the banks of the oasis, A’al Vaipia. The water is a brilliant turquoise blue under a cobalt sky.]
[A redhead duck emerges from the water as a coot dives down.]
[Artificial islands float on the water, carrying aquatic plants.]
[The mid-morning sun colors the browning sedges a warm auburn.]
[Swallows and phoebes dive in and out of the frame.]
[An outflow pipe releases water, which trickles into a wash.]
[The shallow, trough-shaped refuge ponds are filled with cracked mud.]
[The camera strolls towards the canal that feeds the main pond. It’s tinged green with algae and aquatic plants. We can see the border fence in the distance.]
[The music in this video is called “Interlude” by June LaLonde, and is used under a Creative Commons Attribution and Noncommercial 3.0 license. This video was filmed by Ami Pate and edited by Zoe Gentry.]
Description
A virtual walking tour of A'al Vaipia, or Quitobaquito Springs.
Duration
1 minute, 18 seconds
Credit
Zoe Gentry, Blaine Whitford, Ami Pate, June LaLonde
Date Created
01/07/2026
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