Big Bend National Park from Fuji Provia ASA 100 Color Slide Film

Patience pays off. This is 7 minutes after sunset.

This is 8 minutes after sunset. Who else could paint like this? Glory to God in the Highest.

Sunset through the Window, 10 minutes later and the whole sky turned red. Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park

O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth, who have displayed Your splendeor above the heavens! When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars which You have ordained; what is man that You take thought of him, and the son of man that You care for him?

Rio Grande River at sundown

This photo was taken from "Big Hill" located about 15 miles west of Lajitas, TX. The sliver of water is the Rio Grande River. On the left is Mexico and on the right is the United States.

This is Big Bend National Park at dawn. This is the Chisos Mountains looking south from the main highway. The "Basin" is on the other side of that big rock.

You can see this view on the drive up to "the Basin".

The long thin branches of the ocotillo plant are crowned with a bright red flower.

The prickly pear cactus is full of thorns but it also blooms these gorgeous yellow flowers in the spring.

Mule Ears rock formation, Big Bend National Park

This is the Chihuhuan Desert. It looks desolate but it is really teeming with life.

On the drive up to Chisos Mt. Lodge into the Basin there are several pulloffs and scenic overlooks. This photo was taken from one of these overlooks. The "V" is known as "the Window". Whatever rains accumulate in the basin drains out this low point.

If there is one bird that says alot about Big Bend it is the Roadrunner. This bird doesn't fly but chases insects and small rodents with his feet. Beep, beep.

Big Bend has an abundance of Vermillion Flycatchers.

The winding river on the left edge is the Rio Grande and that's Mexico on the left. This view is on Ranch Road 170 about 15 miles west of Lajitas, TX.

This guy was catching lizzards as fast as beep, beep.

Claret cup cactus

West Texas sunset

Remnants of and old adobe building in Terlingua, TX near the west gate to Big Bend National Park

Sunrise over the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park

West Texas twilight

Yucca plants found in Big Bend National Park. Don't back into one of these, very painful!

Claret cup Cactus bloom, Big Bend National Park

First rays of light catch the Chisos Mountains and desert, Big Bend National Park

"The Window" at sunset from the winding entrance road into the Basin.

One of the landmarks of Big Bend National Park is a rock formation called "Mule Ears Peaks". These eroded rocks look like a mule's ears. They are found on the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive in the southwest part of Big Bend.

Blooming only a short time and if enough moisture falls are the "Big Bend Bluebonnets". These were found on the main highway into Big Bend from Terlingua.

This is a view into Mexico from Big Bend.