I-Socorro, eNew Mexico: Yonke Into Okufuneka Uyazi Ngaphambi Kokuvakashela

Kuphela nje kweyure elingasentla kwe-Albuquerque, iSocorro, iNew Mexico iyindawo yokuya kuyo kunye nayo, kodwa nayo yindawo enkulu yokutyelela endleleni eya kwiindawo ezikhangayo. I-Socorro i malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-75 ezantsi kwe-Albuquerque kwaye ilula ngokufumaneka nge-I-25. I-Socorro inedolophu encinci ivakalelwa, kodwa ineendawo zokudlela, i-brew pubs, kunye nokuzonwabisa njengoko ungalindela ukuyifumana kwidolophu yasekholeji.

Imbali

I-Socorro yaziwa ngokuba yindawo yokuyeka xa iintsapho zihambela enyakatho ukusuka eMexico kunye noDon Juan de Onate ngo-1598.

Uhambo lwe-Onate lwadibana nabemi basePilo-speaking baseTypana Pueblo, ababethetha nabo, bazinikela ingqolowa. Abantu baseTypana banikela i-Onate ngqolowa, ngoko wabiza igama elithi Pueblo Socorro, elisiSpain ukuncedwa, okanye ukunika inkxaso. I-pueblo ayisayi kuhlala, kodwa iinqaba ezikufutshane zeGran Quivira Pueblo zingumxholo wepueblos owake wahlala kuloo ndawo. UGran Quivira ungomnye weepueblos ezintathu ezitholakala kwiSikhumbuzo seSizwe seSalumas Mission esiseduze. Intsalela yekhulu le-17 leminyaka i-mission yamaFrancis kunye ne-pueblos ka-Abo, iQuarai noGran Quivira.

Imbali igxile kule ndawo. Isithunywa seSan Miguel siseSocorro, isikhumbuzo sendawo edlulileyo. Iintsapho zaseSpain zazihlala zize zisebenze malunga nomsebenzi, kunye nabalimi bomthonyama. I-Fort Craig yasungulwa ngo-1854 njengekhuseli e-Apache naseNavajo. Amanxuwa ayo alala malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-35 ezantsi kweSocorro.

Tyelelo

Imbali yeCosorro inzulu, kodwa inika iindawo ezikhangayo ezikufutshane ezizisa izenzululwazi kunye nabathandi bezendalo emhlabeni wonke.

I-Socorro yikhaya leNew Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, okanye njengoko kuthethwa ngokuqhelekileyo, iNew Mexico Tech. I-Tech yiyunivesithi yaseNew Mexico yobunjineli, ichongileyo kwisayensi kunye nobunjineli.

Uninzi lwabafundi besikolo esiphakamileyo samabanga aphezulu eMexico baya kwi-Tech, ekwabekwa kwisikolo sikarhulumente esiphezulu ngasentshonalanga. I-Tech iphinda ibekwe ngokulinganayo njengenye yeeprogram ezili-10 eziphezulu zobunjineli kwilizwe. Kukwabaluleka kakhulu, okubethelela abafundi bezinye iindawo ezininzi. Indawo efanelekileyo yokutyelela ngexesha laseSocorro yi-Etscorn Observatory yeNew Mexico Tech. I-observatory ine-telescope yama-intshi engu-20 intshi yeDobsonian, kwaye yonke iMigqibelo yokuqala yenyanga, ibamba inkwenkwezi yenkwenkwezi, apho iindwendwe ziyakwazi ukubheka i-telescope ezintweni zasezulwini. Ngomhla we-Oktobha, i-Enchanted Skies Star Party iquka ihotele ukuya kwi-Etscorn, ebizwa ngokuba yiMagdalena Ridge Observatory. I-Melika yaseMexico iyaziwa ngenxa yezulu yayo ecacileyo, emnyama, evumela ababukeli ukuba babone iSaturn, inyanga, iinkwenkwezi nezinye izinto ngokucacileyo okukhulu.

I-Socorro yindawo ephambili kuyo nabani na abanomdla kwi-astronomy. I-Socorro yindawo efanelekileyo yokuvakashela i-Large Large Array, okanye i-VLA, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-50 entshonalanga yedolophu. I-radiyo enkulu, eyimifanekiso yomsakazo omhlophe onobugcisa owenziwe udumileyo kumnxeba we-movie, owenza inkwenkwezi ngu-Jodie Foster, isetyenziselwa ukuhlolisisa isibhakabhaka ngokusebenzisa amaza omsakazo. I-VLA ineziko leendwendwe, kunye neendwendwe zokuhamba ezikhokelayo zingathathwa ngexesha lokuzonwabisa.

Kukho ihotele ezikhokelwayo ngeZithathu kunye neMigqibelo.

Olunye ukhange olusondeleyo oluvulekileyo unyaka wonke kodwa luba luninzi kuwo, ku-Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Ukufuduka kweentaka kuhamba ngokuya ngasentla ngasentwasahlobo, kwaye kusezantsi ekuwa, kudala imbonakalo enkulu yabathandi beentaka. Ngomhla kaNovemba, uMthendeleko wamaGranta udonsa iindwendwe ukuba ziqwalasele ukufuduka kwamanqana e-sandhill ngonyaka. Abafotoli bezilwanyana zasendle, abathandi beentaka, abathandi bezilwanyana kunye nabo bafuna ukwazi ukuhlasela ukuza kubona iintaka njengoko zihamba ngeRio Grande kwaye zondla emasimini nase-bosque.

Esinye isiphephelo esiseduze, iSevilleta National Wildlife Resfuge, malunga nama-acre angama-230 000 kwaye iqulethe uluhlu olubanzi lwezinto eziphilayo. I-Rio Grande igeleza kwiziko lokuzikhusela kwaye idala i-oasis yezilwanyana zasendle.

Isiphephelo sinika iindlela zokuhamba, iindawo ezinxweme kunye nemimandla yezilwanyana kunye nemibhobho kunye nokugcinwa kwezilwanyana zasendle. Isiphephelo sithatha inxaxheba kwi-Christmas Bird Count, eyinto ejabulisayo yentsapho yonke.

Indawo yaseSan Lorenzo Canyon Recreation inikezela ukuhamba. I-canyon ineengqungquthela, iindawo zengxondorha kunye nemihlathi yokukhusela ukuze ihlolisise kwaye ibuyele kwiindawo zokuhlala. Ummandla malunga neekhilomitha ezili-500 kumntla weSocorro. Hlanganisa ama-canyons ukuba ujabulele indawo ekhangelekayo yezantsi-ntshona, okanye uhlale kwikampu yokuqala.