Texas Big Bend Stock Photography

List of titles and captions of images.

Image Number: 1081208
Title: Chisos Basin Scene
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Tree covered hill in the Chisos Basin with granite walls in the background.
Image Number: 1081230
Title: Mule Deer
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Mule deer in the Chisos basin below Casa Grande.
Image Number: 1081236
Title: Mule Deer By Trail
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Mule deer standing next to the Laguna Meadow trail in the Chisos Mountains basin.
Image Number: 2220608
Title: Chisos Mountains Window
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park, Chisos Mountains. The cleft in the mountains is "the window" pouroff seen from the west, outside the basin.
Image Number: 2220611
Title: Storm Building In Chisos Mountains
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Afternoon thunderstorm building, hiding peaks of the Chisos Mountains.
Image Number: 2220815
Title: Sun And Mountains
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. The sun setting behind the Christmas mountains.
Image Number: 2220829
Title: Sunset
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Sunset over the Christmas Mountains
Image Number: 2221028
Title: Yucca And Boulders
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Two yucca cactus among the boulders in the Grapevine Hills.
Image Number: 2221100
Title: Grapevine Hills
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Morning on the boulder strewn Grapevine Hills.
Image Number: 2221117
Title: Grapevine Hills Boulders
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. The Grapevine Hills lanscape was formed as a laccolith was exposed by the erosion of overlying material.
Image Number: 2221126
Title: Red Rock And Blue Sky
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park, Grapevine Hills. The reddish igneous boulders contrast with the blue desert sky.
Image Number: 2221142
Title: Boulder Window
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park, Grapevine Hills. A boulder that came to rest on two others frames Nugent Mountain to the south.
Image Number: 2221151
Title: Ecosystem Contrast
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Grapevine Hills in the foreground are lush with vegetation compared to the drier habitats just downslope.
Image Number: 2221525
Title: Dawn Spectrum
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Colorful dawn sky and silhouette or the Sierra del Carmen mountains.
Image Number: 2221621
Title: Los Caballos
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. The rock formations are locally known as Los Caballos (the horses) and are made up of the highly deformed Ouachita fold.
Image Number: 2221708
Title: Oyster Shell Fossils
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Oyster shells preserved in cretaceous Pen Formation.
Image Number: 2221741
Title: Park Entrance Sign
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Entrance sign on Texas 118 south of Marathon.
Image Number: 2221805
Title: Tee Pee Rest Area
Caption: Texas, Big Bend. Rest area near Lajitas with grills picnic tables covered with faux tee pees.
Image Number: 2221849
Title: Adobe Village
Caption: Texas, Big Bend. What looks like a quaint village on the Rio Grande between Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park is actually a movie set. Although it's fake, it's still an interesting place to walk through and it is right on the river.
Image Number: 2221936
Title: Hoodoos
Caption: Texas, Big Bend. Hoodoos along Texas 170 west of Lajitas. This an ash deposit from of Big Bend's volcanic episodes that has eroded into these odd forms.
Image Number: 2222049
Title: Gravity Fault
Caption: Texas, Big Bend, west of Lajitas. The disjointed dark band of rock on this mountain off of Texas 170 marks where part of the mountain has slumped down.
Image Number: 2222420
Title: Terlingua Cemetary
Caption: Graves in ghost town cemetary.
Image Number: 2223107
Title: Santa Elena Canyon
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. East end of Santa Elena Canyon where Rio Grande exits the canyon. The wall to the right is the Mesa Anguila in Texas. The wall to the left is the Sierra Ponce in Mexico.
Image Number: 2223136
Title: Igneous Dike
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. The vertical rock is the end of one of the many volcanic dikes on the western flank of the Chisos Mountains.
Image Number: 2223241
Title: Volcanic Remnants
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. A volcanic neck rises from an ash bed with hill made of volcanic ash flow in background.
Image Number: 2223302
Title: Chisos Mountains
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Chisos mountain scene.
Image Number: 2223427
Title: Prickly Pear
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Cactus on a rock ledge in Santa Elena canyon.
Image Number: 2223505
Title: Desert River Bed
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Tornillo Creek.
Image Number: 2223561
Title: Boquillas Canyon
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. West entrance to Boquillas Canyon and the Rio Grande
Image Number: 2223622
Title: Window Sunset
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. "The Window" pour-off of the Chisos basin at sunset.
Image Number: 2223707
Title: The Window
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Precipitation that falls in the Chisos basin drains through this gap, or pour-off, called "the Window".
Image Number: 2223917
Title: Desert Sunset
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Colors in the sky after the sun has set.
Image Number: 2223941
Title: Chisos Mountains Panorama
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Chisos Mountains from the west. the deep cleft left of center is the window pour-off.
Image Number: 2223961
Title: View From Pullout
Caption: A view from Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive near sotol vista.
Image Number: 2224202
Title: Mules
Caption: Texas, Big Bend. Mules and other livestock range freely west of Lajitas. Texas 170 in background.
Image Number: 2224306
Title: Desert Vista
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Cactus blooms and desert hills west of the Chisos Mountains.
Image Number: 2224921
Title: Closed Canyon
Caption: A narrow passge in Closed Canyon.
Image Number: 2225036
Title: Rio Grande Sunset
Caption: Texas, Big Bend. Sunset from scenic overlook on Texas 170 west of Lajitas with Rio Grande reflecting an orange sky.
Image Number: 2225123
Title: Arroyo
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. A hill covered with lechuguilla overlooking the confluence of two arroyos. Maverick Mountain is in the distance.
Image Number: 2225132
Title: Magenta Prickly Pear Cactus
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Magenta cactus pads.
Image Number: 2225219
Title: Evening Thunderstorm
Caption: Texas, Big Bend. Evening thunderstorm over the Sierra del Santa Elena.
Image Number: 2225402
Title: Agave On The South Rim.
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Looking east from the south rim of the Chisos mountains. Agave cactus.
Image Number: 2225414
Title: Pine And Agave
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. An Arizona pine and agave cactus share a hill on the south rim of the Chisos mountains.
Image Number: 2226102
Title: Rainbow And Storm
Caption: Texas, Big Bend, Texas 170 pull-out, west of Lajitas. A rainbow appears above the Sierra Santa Elena between late afternoon thunderstorms.
Image Number: 222_001
Title: Cactus Flower
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Flowers of the strawberry pitaya (Echinocereus enneacanthus).
Image Number: 222_3097
Title: Tree Silhouettes, Dusk
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park, evening sky with silhouettes of trees in the basin, site of the Chisos Mountain Lodge.
Image Number: 222_4416
Title: Colored Clay
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park, Chihuahua desert. Multi colored clays of the Javelina formation.
Image Number: 222_4417
Title: Desert Monolith.
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Monolith of erosion resistant yellow rock stands in stark contrast to the blue desert sky.
Image Number: 222_4418
Title: Road To Big Bend National Park
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Texas 385 approach to Persimmon Gap park entrance.
Image Number: 222_4420
Title: Loose Livestock
Caption: Texas, Big Bend. Motorhomes pass a calf by the side of the road.
Image Number: 222_7443
Title: Lightning Strike, Sunset.
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park.
Image Number: 222_8876
Title: Santa Elena Canyon
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. The Santa Elena Canyon and Rio Grande river with Texas to right, Mexico to left.
Image Number: 222_8878
Title: Santa Elena Trail
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Trail into Santa Elena canyon.
Image Number: 222_8883
Title: Rio Grande River
Caption: Texas, Big Bend. Texas 170 and the Rio Grande south of Lajitas.
Image Number: E0603001
Title: Hoodoo
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Large hoodoo formation at the head of Tornillo Creek. Size is often hard to gauge in the desert- the block of stone on edge in the foreground is about 12 feet high.
Image Number: E0603002
Title: Hoodoo
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park, Hoodoo on tornillo flat. Chihuahua desert.
Image Number: E0607001
Title: Spanish Dagger
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Spanish Dagger, a yucca, in the foothills of the Sierra del Carmen. Old Ore road. Chihuahua desert.
Image Number: E0607002
Title: Candelilla
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Patch of candelilla acts as a nurse plant for a rainbow cactus. The candelilla was the basis for a small industry producing candle wax. Chihuahua desert.
Image Number: E0607004
Title: Rock House Remains
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Remains of the McKinney ranch house off the Old Ore Road.
Image Number: E0608002
Title: Tornillo Flat Hoodoo
Caption: These hoodoos in Tornillo Flat stand about 100 feet above the desert floor. The distant mountains are the Chisos. Chihuahua desert.
Image Number: E0608003
Title: Tornillo Flat Hoodoo
Caption: These hoodoos in Tornillo Flat stand about 100 feet above the desert floor. The distant mountains are the Chisos. Chihuahua desert.
Image Number: E0609001
Title: Green Gulch
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. The road to the Chisos Mountains basin rises through Green Gulch. Here the slopes of the Chisos Mountains are lush with creosote, sotol, ocotillo and other plants of the Chihuahua desert.
Image Number: E0609002
Title: Green Gulch
Caption: Green Gulch and a granite peak of the Chisos Mountains as seen from the Road to the Basin.
Image Number: E0609003
Title: Sotol
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. A sotol plant in Green Gulch. Chisos Mountains.
Image Number: E0609004
Title: Bear, Mountain Lion Warning
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Sign on the road to the Chisos Mountains basin warning that the area is bear and mountain lion habit.
Image Number: E0612001
Title: Matthews Ranch Ruins
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. The ruins of the Matthews ranch house in the Paint gap hills is being reclaimed by the plants of the Chihuahua desert. Most prominant in this photo are prickly pear and creosote.
Image Number: E0613001
Title: Volcanic Dike
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. A volcanic dike above an eroded cliff face on the west flank of the Chisos Mountains. Chihuahua desert.
Image Number: E0616001
Title: Birdnest
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. A bird nest in a cholla cactus.
Image Number: E0616002
Title: Cactus Flower
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Yellow flower on prickly pear cactus. Chihuahua desert.
Image Number: E0616003
Title: Cholla Flowers.
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Cholla cactus flowers. Chihuahua desert.
Image Number: E0617001
Title: Yellow Cactus Flower
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Yellow flower on prickly pear cactus in chihuahua desert.
Image Number: E0617002
Title: Cholla Cactus
Caption: Texas, Big Bend National Park. Flowers on a cholla cactus. Chihuahua desert.
Image Number: E0618001
Title: Shafter Cemetary
Caption: Texas, Shafter, Big Bend Region. Cemetary with plain white crosses as markers.
Image Number: E127570
Title: Mule Ears Peaks At Sunset.
Caption: Mule Ears Peaks, elevation 3,881 feet, at sunset as seen from the Mule Ears viewpoint off of the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive.
Image Number: E127576
Title: Sotol Silhouettes.
Caption: Sotol stalks stand tall in silhouette on this desert hillside after sunset.
Image Number: E127579
Title: Twilight Desert Sky.
Caption: The profile of a desert mesa silhouetted against the deep blue and burnt orange of a twilight desert sky.
Image Number: E127585
Title: Ernst Shale And Limestone.
Caption: Shale and limestone layers in the canyon around Ernst Tinaja range in color from pink to yellow.
Image Number: E127597
Title: Ernst Tinaja.
Caption: Tinaja is a Spanish word for a large earthenware jar. In the southwest deserts it also refers to rock water holes. This tinaja is named for Bill Ernst, a Big Bend settler murdered in the early 1900's.

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Texas Big Bend

Contents © 2005 Bill Pogue.

List of titles and captions of images.

Contents © 2005 Bill Pogue.