2015-10 Big Bend National Park

Hillside

Viewed from a distance, I mistook this for the main pouroff.  It is a secondary and smaller pouroff.

Burro Mesa Pouroff Trail, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 29, 2015

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Watercourse

Rounding a corner in the watercourse trail, I finally viewed the big pouroff.

Burro Mesa Pouroff Trail, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 29, 2015

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Greater Earless Lizard

Cophosaurus texanus texanus - this Lizard literally hopped onto the rock and posed for as many photos as we cared to take.

Burro Mesa Pouroff Trail, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 29, 2015

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Debbie

Debbie standing at the base of the pouroff gives scale to this feature.  Imagining the time and water that formed it is almost beyond comprehension.

Burro Mesa Pouroff Trail, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 29, 2015

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Sunrise Window View

Rain during the night and promise of more.

Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 30, 2015

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Sotol Spikes

Dasylirion texanum - there seemed to be an unusually large number of spikes on the Sotol.

Chisos Basin Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 30, 2015

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Desert View

Clouds and rain in the distance.

Chisos Basin Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 30, 2015

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Sun Shaft

Main Park Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 30, 2015

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Sun Shaft

Main Park Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 30, 2015

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Chestnut-bellied Scaled Quail

Callipepla squamata castanogastris

Terlingua Ghost Town, Texas, October 30, 2015

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Long Highway

Typical of many West Texas roads, long and straight.

Terlingua to Alpine, Texas, October 30, 2015

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