![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/26t.jpg) El Capitan Mountain Trail near Guadalupe Spring in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/23t.jpg) El Capitan Mountain from a trail near Guadalupe Spring in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/25t.jpg) Rocks and El Capitan Mountain from a trail near Guadalupe Spring in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/05t.jpg) Guadalupe spring from El Capitan Trail. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/01t.jpg) El Capitan Mountain from a trail at the foot of the mountain. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/18t.jpg) El Capitan Mountain from a trail in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/19t.jpg) El Capitan Mountain and Trail in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/17t.jpg) El Capitan Trail and Mountain in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/20t.jpg) Agaves and El Capitan Mountain from a trail in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/22t.jpg) Cushion cactus and El Capitan Mountain from a trail in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/21t.jpg) Agave, cacti and El Capitan Mountain from a trail in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/02t.jpg) El Capitan Mountain from southern foot of the mountain. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/16t.jpg) El Capitan Mountain (zoomed), view to the west in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/610/jpeg/08t.jpg) El Capitan Mountain at sunset, view from lower Roadside Park south from the mountain. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/11t.jpg) El Capitan Mountain, view from upper Roadside Park at morning. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/610/jpeg/07t.jpg) El Capitan Mountain at sunset, view from lower Roadside Park. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/610/jpeg/09t.jpg) El Capitan Mountain after sunset, view from lower Roadside Park. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/14t.jpg) El Capitan Mountain, view from lower Roadside Park at morning. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/12t.jpg) El Capitan Mountain with cholla cactus in foreground, view from upper Roadside Park. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/13t.jpg) El Capitan Mountain with prickly pears cactus in foreground, view from upper Roadside Park. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/08t.jpg) Hedgehog cactus near El Capitan Trail. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/15t.jpg) View from beginning of El Capitan Trail in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/06t.jpg) Dead tree from El Capitan Trail. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cactus on rocks of El Capitan Trail. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/10t.jpg) Prickly pears near El Capitan Trail. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/09t.jpg) Prickly pears and yucca near El Capitan Trail. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/07t.jpg) Alligator juniper (Juniperus deppeana) near El Capitan Trail. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/04t.jpg) Magenta tinged echinocereus hedgehog actus on El Capitan Trail. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/21t.jpg) Slopes of Frijole Mountain from McKittrick Canyon Trail. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/26t.jpg) Rocks on Devils Hall Trail in Pine Spring Canyon. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/610/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dead juniper on Devils Hall Trail in Pine Spring Canyon. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/23t.jpg) Hiker s staircase in Pine Spring Canyon, on Devils Hall Trail. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/24t.jpg) Devil s Hall in Pine Spring Canyon. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/25t.jpg) Rocks in Devil s Hall in Pine Spring Canyon. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/610/jpeg/01t.jpg) Big rocks near Devil s Hall in Pine Spring Canyon. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/610/jpeg/06t.jpg) Texas madrone (Arbutus xalapensis) on Devils Hall Trail in Pine Spring Canyon. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/610/jpeg/04t.jpg) Peeling bark of Texas madrone on Devils Hall Trail in Pine Spring Canyon. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/610/jpeg/02t.jpg) Upper section of Hiker s Staircase near Devil s Hall in Pine Spring Canyon. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/610/jpeg/05t.jpg) Smooth white bark of Texas madrone on Devils Hall Trail in Pine Spring Canyon. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/22t.jpg) Agave on McKittrick Canyon Trail. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/15t.jpg) Frozen McKittrick Creek. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/20t.jpg) Grotto in McKittrick Canyon, with icicles. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/18t.jpg) Hunter Line Cabin in McKittrick Canyon. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/16t.jpg) Bark of alligator juniper in McKittrick Canyon. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/19t.jpg) Echinocereus cacti growing on ruins of Hunter Line shack in McKittrick Canyon. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/17t.jpg) Texas madrone in McKittrick Canyon. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/605/jpeg/05t.jpg) Bee Mountain, view to the west from Smokey Creek Trail near Mule Ear Spring. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/605/jpeg/08t.jpg) Goat Mountain, view to the north from Smokey Creek Trail near Mule Ear Spring. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/604/jpeg/18t.jpg) Elephant Tusk Rock, view from Fresno Spring near Dodson Trail. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 24, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/605/jpeg/14t.jpg) Trap Mountain(?) west from Smokey Creek Trail near Trap Spring east from Mule Ear Overlook. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/05t.jpg) Passage between stones on Freshman Mountain in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 24, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/04t.jpg) Cacti on a slope of Freshman Mountain in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 24, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/589/jpeg/24t.jpg) Dwarf sunflowers (Old-man-of-the-mountain, Rydbergia grandiflora, Hymenoxys grandiflora) on a slope of Colony Baldy Mountain in Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Colorado, July 3, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/589/jpeg/06t.jpg) View of a slope of Colony Baldy Mountain from Macey Lakes Trail in Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Colorado, July 2, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/602/jpeg/11t.jpg) Rocks on a slope of Freshman Mountain east from Turkey Pass Trail in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, October 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/02t.jpg) Rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia) on Freshman Mountain in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/06t.jpg) Rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia) on cracked pink granite of Freshman Mountain in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/590/jpeg/03t.jpg) View from a slope of Colony Baldy Mountain in Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Colorado, July 3, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/589/jpeg/11t.jpg) Lower Macey Lake and Little Baldy Mountain in Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Colorado, July 2, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/586/jpeg/05t.jpg) Mountain laurel flowers on Blue Trail in DeSoto State Park on Lookout Mountain. Fort Payne, Alabama, May 19, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/589/jpeg/17t.jpg) Crestone Peak from a slope of Colony Baldy Mountain in Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Colorado, July 3, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/590/jpeg/02t.jpg) A dried tree on a slope of Colony Baldy Mountain in Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Colorado, July 3, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/589/jpeg/26t.jpg) Alpine tundra on a slope of Colony Baldy Mountain in Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Colorado, July 3, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/809/jpeg/16t.jpg) Cliffs of Toll Mountain from Boot Spring Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/15t.jpg) Dome of Enchanted Rock from the top of Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/17t.jpg) View in direction of Enchanted Rock from the top of Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/556/jpeg/10t.jpg) A statue of Saint Jude in the chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church at 411 North Rampart Street, a corner of Conti Street (Mortuary Chapel, "the Church of the Dead"). New Orleans, Louisiana, December 9, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/561/jpeg/21t.jpg) Shrine of Saint Jude in the chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church at 411 North Rampart Street, a corner of Conti Street (Mortuary Chapel, "the Church of the Dead"). New Orleans, Louisiana, December 21, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/589/jpeg/15t.jpg) Alpine phlox(?) flowers on the slope of Colony Baldy Mountain in Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Colorado, July 3, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/589/jpeg/22t.jpg) Hairy Androsace and deer clover on Colony Baldy Mountain in Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Colorado, July 3, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/589/jpeg/23t.jpg) Alpine primrose(?) (Primula angustifolia) on Colony Baldy Mountain in Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Colorado, July 3, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/04t.jpg) Slope of the dome of Enchanted Rock, view from Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/09t.jpg) Base of the dome of Enchanted Rock, view from Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/10t.jpg) Erosion of the dome of Enchanted Rock, view from Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/11t.jpg) Exfoliation of slope of the dome of Enchanted Rock, view from Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/809/jpeg/17t.jpg) Slopes of Chisos Mountains from Boot Spring Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/03t.jpg) Exfoliation of granite slabs from the dome of Enchanted Rock, view from Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/590/jpeg/04t.jpg) Sulphur flower buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum) on Colony Baldy Mountain in Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Colorado, July 3, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/590/jpeg/01t.jpg) A dead tree and Reiser Prairie from a slope of Colony Baldy Mountain in Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Colorado, July 3, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/12t.jpg) Large slabs of granite at the base of the dome of Enchanted Rock, view from Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/991/jpeg/09t.jpg) Rock split by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/06t.jpg) Slopes of Chisos Mountains east from Boot Spring Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 27, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/602/jpeg/12t.jpg) Weathered stones on a slope of Freshman Mountain in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, October 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/589/jpeg/25t.jpg) Dwarf alpine deer clover (Trifolium nanum) on Colony Baldy Mountain in Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Colorado, July 3, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/589/jpeg/21t.jpg) Pink flowers of Moss campion (Silene acaulis) on Colony Baldy Mountain in Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Colorado, July 3, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/589/jpeg/16t.jpg) Alpine forget-me-not (Eritrichum aretioides) flowers carpeting the slope of Colony Baldy Mountain in Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Colorado, July 3, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/589/jpeg/18t.jpg) Dwarf cinquefoil and white alpine phlox wildflowers on a slope of Colony Baldy Mountain in Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Colorado, July 3, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/589/jpeg/20t.jpg) Alpine Sandwort (Lidia obtusiloba, Minuartia biflora) on a slope of Colony Baldy Mountain in Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Colorado, July 3, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/13t.jpg) Slope of the dome of Enchanted Rock in area of Turkey Pass, view from Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/01t.jpg) Enchanted Rock Summit Trail. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 24, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/07t.jpg) Boot Rock from Boot Spring Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 28, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/605/jpeg/04t.jpg) Smokey Creek Trail east from Mule Ear Spring. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/604/jpeg/08t.jpg) Crown Mountain, view from lower part of Juniper Canyon Trail. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 23, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/809/jpeg/26t.jpg) Boot Rock, view from Boot Spring Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 27, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/08t.jpg) Boot Rock from Boot Spring Trail at sunrise. Big Bend National Park, November 28, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/01t.jpg) View of Boot Rock from Boot Spring Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 27, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/604/jpeg/06t.jpg) Boot Rock, view from Juniper Canyon Trail. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 23, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/605/jpeg/06t.jpg) Pitaya(?) cactus on Smokey Creek Trail east from Mule Ear Spring. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/601/jpeg/26t.jpg) Pedestal rock (differential weathering) near Turkey Pass Trail in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, October 27, 2007
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