Photos taken in USA and tagged as scenery

Day 162 - White Sands NM, Plant Pedestal

Some plants are able to grab onto the sand as the dune moves and form a pedestal that allow it to survive. This is a Hoary Rosemarymint plant.

Date: 10 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - White Sands NM, Heart of the Dunes

In the heart of the dunes, the sand dunes are moving too fast for even the most adaptable plants to survive.

Date: 10 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - White Sands NM, Edge of Dunes

Here the front edge of the sands dunes are encroaching on desert grasslands.

Date: 10 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 161 - Rock Hound SP, Visitors Center

Date: 9 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Deming, USA: gallery
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Day 161 - Rock Hound SP, Geode Spot

On the right, about 1/2 way up is a light spot. This is one of the area's people have been digging for geodes.

Date: 9 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Deming, USA: gallery
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Day 159 - Big Bend, Trail to Hot Springs

This is the trail to the hot springs, about 1/5 of a mile long.

Date: 7 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 159 - Big Bend, Scenery

This is very common of the vista's we saw throughout the park

Date: 7 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 159 - Big Bend, Mtns

A lot of people come to Big Bend just for the geology. The Park Rangers even have special programs about the parks geology.

Date: 7 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 159 - Big Bend, Cliffs

These are in Mexaco, across the Rio Grande River from the park. They are just above the village of Boquillas.

Date: 7 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 158 - Big Bend, Mexico Cliffs

This is across from Rio Grande Village near sunset

Date: 6 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 158 - Los Caballos, Old & Young Mtns

These unusual rock formations are part of the Ouachita Fold Belt, formed roughly the same time as the Appalachian Mountains (275-290 million years ago)

Date: 6 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 158 - Los Caballos

These are highly deformed rock formations of the Ouachita Fold Belt.

Date: 6 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 158 - Boquillas Del Carmen

This is a small Mexican village across the river from Rio Grande Village. This was near sunset.

Date: 6 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 158 - Big Bend, Yucca & Valley

I believe these plants are Soap Tree Yucca's.

Date: 6 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 158 - Big Bend, Rock Outcropings

Date: 6 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 158 - Big Bend, Dog Canyon

This is just inside the NE entrance to the park at Persimmon Gap.

Date: 6 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 158 - Big Bend Rocks

This was across the Rio Grand River on the Mexican side, near sunset.

Date: 6 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 157 - Seminole Canyon Closeup

The Caverns have pictographs, you can only see them by guided tour (hike), but there are reproductions in the Visitors Center.

Date: 5 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Del Rio, USA: gallery
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Day 157 - Seminole Canyon

The winter months down here are dry, in the spring & fall, there is often water here.

Date: 5 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Del Rio, USA: gallery
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Day 157 - Pecos River High Bridge

The picture doesn't show how windy it was when I took this shot. We drove the RV over this bridge shortly after taking the picture, with a strong crosswind.