2014-04 Big Bend National Park

Pink Prickly Poppy

Argemone chisosensis

River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014

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White Prickly Poppy

Argemone albiflora texana

River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014

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Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis

River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014

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Beaked Yucca

Yucca rostrata - with a bloom spike.

River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014

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Big Bend Dog Cholla

Grusonia densispina

River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014

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Scalloped Hillside

River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014

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Calcite Veins in Clay

The harder Calcite erodes more slowly than the clay, leaving this pattern.

River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014

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Pink Prickly Poppy

Argemone chisosensis

River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014

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Pink Prickly Poppy

Argemone chisosensis - with 4 bees.

River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014

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Mariscal Mine

Ruins of a Mercury mine.

River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014

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Dry Stack Rock House

Residence of some of the miners.

Mariscal Mine, River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014

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Window View, Dry Stack Rock House

Looking toward the Chisos Mountains.

Mariscal Mine, River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014

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