Glimpse of Falcons practice

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A security officer closes the gate behind the last Falcons' team bus as players and coaches arrive at Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz., Friday for a closed practice.

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Photographer Bernard Jefferson snaps pictures from atop Hayden Butte Preserve -- which stands at 1,496 feet in elevation, perched above Sun Devil Stadium -- in the hopes to catch a glimpse of the Falcons' practice.

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Alas, Jefferson's view is obstruced by the stadium's facade. The Falcons the Arizona Cardinals at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

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