Rio Grande – Big Bend National Park The Rio Grande is almost 1,900 miles long This photo was taken on a canoe trip down the Rio Grande River in Texas. Ben and I were visiting Big Bend National Park. The left side of the river is Mexico and the right side of the river is the United […]
Tarantula – IUCN Conservation Status: Varies Tarantulas have one pair of eyes in the middle and three eyes on each side of their head. Our gallery theme this month is “Predators”. This predator navigates the dark desert ground using eight legs and eight eyes! Tarantulas have one pair of eyes in the middle and three eyes […]
Big Bend National Park The highest peak in the Chisos Mountains is Emory Peak at 7,825 feet This photo comes from a 2021 trip Ben, Nick, and I took to Big Bend National Park in west Texas. The photo shows the Chisos Mountains about an hour before sunset, commonly referred to as the golden hour of […]
Prickly Pear – IUCN Conservation Status: Varies Prickly pear cactus can be found throughout the world This photo was taken as the sun was setting over the mountains at Big Bend National Park in Texas. It was within an hour of sunset which is commonly referred to as the golden hour. I love taking photos […]
Big Bend National Park We got rained on in the middle of the night! This photo was taken as the sun was coming down at Big Bend National Park. We could see the thick clouds that were pink from the setting sun. It was obvious that there was rain coming down. From where we were, […]
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern Living rock cactus are being poached from the wild I absolutely love this weird wild photo of a living rock cactus! This was taken while on a trip in Big Bend National Park in Texas. When I first saw one of these cacti, I thought that it had been stepped […]
Big Bend National Park This photo was taken far from light pollution in west Texas This photo was taken far from light pollution, out in west Texas. I took this photo in Big Bend National Park, which sits right on the border of Mexico and the United States. This area is remote. We camped in the desert a […]
Texas Virgin’s Bower, Clematis – IUCN Conservation Status: Varies This was the most remote night of camping in my life Two of the photos that I took this month were from a trip to Big Bend National Park that I took with Matt, Nick, and a good friend Kenny in the fall of 2021. On […]
Cardinal Catchfly – IUCN Conservation Status: Varies I took this shot with a 1/500th shutter speed This is one of two photos from this month’s gallery that come from Big Bend National Park in Texas. This photo was taken on my first full day in the park. I was descending from the highest point in […]
Mexican Jay – IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern Mexican jays are closely related to crows and magpies Matt, Kenny, Nick, and I were descending from Emory Peak in Big Bend National Park when we came across this blue bird sitting in a tree. It was just a little bit above head height, as we were […]
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