Mesa de Anguila After Dark Size:48x72 visible from long distances across

visible from long distances across the Uncompahgre Valley

and that’s exactly why it matters to me

I arrived in the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness with no pin

the interior feels sunken and self-contained

This is a landscape shaped slowly and revealed briefly

Mesa de Anguila After Dark Size:48x72 visible from long distances acrossMesa de Anguila, Big Bend National Park, Texas This photograph was made on the rim of Mesa de Anguila, one of the most remote and least visited areas of Big Bend National Park. Accessing this location requires approaching from far outside the parks primary roads, followed by a steep ascent with no shade, no water, and full exposure to the elements. The effort is substantial, but the view from the rim justifies it. Below, the Rio Grande curves tightly