West TX/ Big Bend

Via Chicago · #1 Posted **Nov 23, 2011, 9:00 PM**

Soundtrack for your perusing pleasure:

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toyota74 · #2 Posted **Nov 23, 2011, 9:28 PM**

Cool ..melikes!!

Okayyou · #3 Posted **Nov 24, 2011, 1:24 AM**

Beautiful set. Some spectacular scenery out there. Loved the night shots too.
I think this one is my favorite, looks like rough seas:

ColDayMan · #4 Posted **Nov 25, 2011, 9:49 PM**

Awesome.

John R · #5 Posted **Nov 28, 2011, 3:56 AM**

I went out on a four day bicycle tour in the Davis Mountains, about 125 miles northwest of the park in August. I love the scenery and the desert mountains out there.

JoninATX · #6 Posted **Nov 28, 2011, 4:37 AM**

Beautiful pictures of west Texas.

Robert Pence · #7 Posted **Nov 28, 2011, 2:02 PM**

Superb photography! Almost fifty years ago I spent a few months in West Texas courtesy of Uncle Sam (Goodfellow AFB, San Angelo). Dark night skies with myriad brilliant stars are among my most vivid memories from that time.

Via Chicago · #8 Posted **Nov 28, 2011, 7:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by John R

I went out on a four day bicycle tour in the Davis Mountains, about 125 miles northwest of the park in August. I love the scenery and the desert mountains out there.

I saw a surprising amount of people doing bicycle touring on the drive in and out. You gotta have nerves of steel to do that on the shoulder of US 90.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert Pence

Superb photography! Almost fifty years ago I spent a few months in West Texas courtesy of Uncle Sam (Goodfellow AFB, San Angelo). Dark night skies with myriad brilliant stars are among my most vivid memories from that time.

The skies are unreal, it was a big reason I wanted to visit. If memory serves, the park is the darkest location in the lower 48 (around 300 miles from the nearest city- El Paso). As a urban dweller, being able to see the milky way with the naked eye never ceases to blow my mind.

brickell · #9 Posted **Nov 28, 2011, 7:56 PM**

Agreed with Okayyou, the shot is spectacular.

John R · #10 Posted **Nov 29, 2011, 3:21 AM**

We actually rode the stretch of US 90 from Alpine to Marfa. US 90 is on Adventure Cycling's Southern Tier Cross Country Route. I did post a photo thread on my tour back in August.

The beautiful, clear, and unobstructed sky is also another reason why I love to go out there. It is so dark out there, making the Milky Way really brilliant. I am also an urban dweller, so I don't get to see the stars so clearly too often. On our trip we went to the McDonald Observatory both at night and in the day.

diskojoe · #11 Posted **Nov 29, 2011, 6:31 PM**

great set. this one is absolutely amazing!!!

arkitekte · #12 Posted **Dec 22, 2011, 5:58 AM**

Amazing set! Many of those photos have a very strong peaceful/ gentle feeling to them, at least to me anyways. lol

Illithid Dude · #13 Posted **Dec 22, 2011, 7:54 AM**

Stunning. One of my all time favorite threads. Truly a lesson in 'quality before quantity'.