Photos tagged as big_bend

Day 159 - Big Bend, Purple Prickly Pear Cactus

This darker color of Prickly Pear Cactus was fairly common throughout the park. It is often used as an ornamental in gardens.

Date: 7 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 159 - Golden Fronted Woodpecker

This was in the group campsite at Rio Grande Village.

Date: 7 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 159 - Rock Wren

This was on the trail approaching the hot springs.

Date: 7 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, 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, Rock Formation

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

This was along the path to the hot springs

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, Maggie Smiths Store

Maggie Smith used to have a store here near the hot springs before Big Bend became a national park.

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

This is a natural hot springs that surfaces near the Tornillo Creek. The foundation for an old bath house creates a nice tub.

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 159 - Study Bluff & Badlands

This is just outside of Big Bend NP, looking west. (Study Bluff is a town)

Date: 7 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 159 - Rio Grand Closeup

The Group Campsite at Rio Grande Village has easy access to the river for launching or retrieving boats.

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

This mortar hole was used by prehistoric people to grind and process foods. It was on the Nature Walk near Rio Grande Village.

Date: 6 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 158 - Types of Deserts

Big Bend is part of the Chihuahuan Desert, which extends 300 miles into Mexico

Date: 6 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 158 - Rio Grande River

This was from the Nature Walk at Rio Grande Village, near sunset.

Date: 6 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Study Butte, USA: gallery
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Day 158 - Prickly Pear Cactus w. Fruit

Most of the cactus we saw didn't have fruit this time of year, but we found a couple that did.

Date: 6 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 - Little Horns

We've seen very few Longhorn Cattle in Texas, but the coloring on this fellow was kind of unusual looking. Cattle did a lot of damange to the grasses in Big Bend as the ecosystem is quite fragile.