Panoramic at Alibates from Mesa Quarry

Dolomite in the foreground, and a few glimpses of the Permian red beds in the mid-ground.

Virga at Sunrise

Deer Among the Yucca

Toward the Water Mill

Nighthawk on a Post

Jackrabbit

Burrowing Owl Posing on a Post

Milkweed Seeding

Cloudy Sunset Over Mr. Bird's House

Alibates National Monument

     In the area of the Alibates National Monument, 10,000 years ago, the people who lived there employed bison bones as shovels and hoes. They lived by hunting and planting corn, as well as harvesting mesquite pods, yuccas, and other edible plants. In addition, they quarried a highly regarded flint, unusual for its colors. 

 

Ranger Andrew uses a dolomite base as he crushes gravel into smaller particles for making pottery. 

 

Wine cups grow near a large piece of alibates flint. 

 

Petrified wood adorns the walkway in front of the ranger station. 

 

Ranger Dave explains the geology of the Alibates National Monument and the flora and fauna that thrive in the area. 

 

Flint shards, sage, and yucca. 

A female collared lizard standing on a piece of quartz poses for us. 

 

View from the quarry on the mesa. 

 

Dolomite sprinkles the buttes surrounded by flowers. 

 

Gypsum falls off a mound of red soil. 

 

Dolomite boulders on the mesas. 

 

Poster on exhibit in the ranger station. 

 

Visit their Web site https://www.nps.gov/alfl/index.htm

Lake Arrowhead Lotus and Snowy Egret

    

Wood Sage

  

White Bluebells

Sunset Over Airport

That was quite a sunset at CWC.

Update: After a bit more post-processing, I added the star effect on the lights in the image below.

Pumping at Sunset

Mounds of Rocks

    

Buffalo Bur

Jackrabbit

Big Sun Dog

The Lone Tree