2015-10 Big Bend National Park

Rock

I left one of my cameras on this rock while I explored some steep areas of the watercourse.

above Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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Sculpted Watercourse

A trickle of water was flowing through this hard rock area.

above Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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Debbie, Sculpted Watercourse

Debbie gives scale to this part of the rocky watercourse.

above Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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Sculpted Watercourse

How many years did it take for water to carve the rocks?

above Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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Sculpted Watercourse

I wanted to get below the trickle of water but couldn't find a way to climb down.

above Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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Lemon-scented Pectis

Pectis angustifolia

above Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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Texas Antelope Squirrel

Ammospermophilus interpres - a first time sighting.

above Glenn Spring, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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Rock Patterns

above Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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Rock Patterns

above Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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Rock Patterns

Wonderful concentric patterns in the eroded rock.

above Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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Rock Patterns

above Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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Rock Patterns

above Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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Rock Patterns

I was so happy to locate this area that I had been searching for.

above Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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Rock Patterns

above Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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Rock Patterns

above Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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Rock Patterns

above Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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Rock Patterns

above Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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Desert Plants

Ocotillo, Prickly Pear and Boquillas Silverleaf, all looking very healthy.

above Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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Rock Hibiscus

Hibiscus denudatus

above Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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Historic Site

Not much remains of this site where much occurred over the years.

Glenn Spring, Big Bend National Park, Texas, October 27, 2015

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