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| BIG BEND PORTAL, 2010 DL Tolleson |
Fort Worth is where the “the west begins” and by God, the grand finale is the far-flung Texas corner called, Big Bend National Park. Once submerged beneath an in-land sea, Big Bend is the result of volcanic activity and the up-thrusting of colliding fault lines. Here is found flat deserts, rolling hills, mountains, basins and building-sized boulders cast about as though the Almighty had been shooting marbles. A very few early American structures are still standing here and Indian rock art is prevalent in select areas. Under sunny skies and indigo nights of glittering starlight, Big Bend is well-described by the official Texas tourism slogan that boasted, “Texas: It’s like a whole other country.”
Nowhere is that more appropriately applied than to the
diversity of Big Bend.
The photographs below are from my visit to Big Bend in
December of 2010. You can start with the first image and
view them one after another (they're linked) or click any
image and go directly to the web page for that
photograph, photography data and associated narrative.
You can also use your browser’s View and Zoom
option to further enlarge images as well as your View
and Refresh option if the page gets a little
weird on you.
Finally, if you are so utterly mesmerized, captivated and
breathlessly awed by an image that you lose track of
time, space and where you are on this site (or bored out
of your skull), you can return to this page via the
Drop-Down Menu that is situated both at the top and
bottom of each photograph's web page. And, of course,
there are always the navigation links to the left.
I hope you enjoy the narratives and photographs as much
as I enjoyed living them.
 The Window, No. 22A 01 |
 The Window, No. 25B 02 |
 The Window, No. 22B 03 |
 Self Portrait BBNP, No. 4B 04 |
 Self Portrait BBNP, No. 5B 05 |
 Chisos Mountains Area, No. 3B 06 |
 Casa Grande Peak Sunrise, No. 8B 07 |
 Betwixt HQ and Chisos, No. 1B 08 |
 Lone Mountain, No. B 09 |
 Desert Claret, No. 1B 10 |
 Desert Claret, No. 3B 11 |
 Javelina Will Travel, No. 3B 12 |
 Javelina Will Travel, No. 5B 13 |
 The Green Eyed Monster, No. B 14 |
 The Green Eyed Monster, No. C 15 |
 No Wrong Mountain, No. 2 16 |
 Lost Mine Trail Tree, No. B 17 |
 Crown and Glory, No. B 18 |
 Climb The Trail, No. B 19 |
 As Far As The Eye Can See 20 |
 Panther Peak, No. B 21 |
 Gethsemane, No. 4B 22 |
 Sundown Tree, No. 7B 23 |
 Volcano Sunset, No. 2B 24 |
 Chimney Rock, No. 1B 25 |
 Chimney Rock, No. 3B 26 |
 Chimney Rock, No. 9B 27 |
 Rock Mortar, No. 2B 28 |
 Rock Mortar, No. 3B 29 |
 Chimneys, No. 1B 30 |
 Self Portrait BBNP, No.7B 31 |
 Rustler's Moon Over Santa Elena 32 |
 Road to the Red Buffalo, No. B 33 |
 Sisyphus’ Stone, No. 2B 34 |
 Where's Waldo's Car, No. B 35 |
 Tollesaurus, No. B 36 |
 Bone White Dead, No. B 37 |
 River Tree Down, No. 4B 38 |
 Lonely Vigil, No. B 39 |
 Dry River Landmark, No. 1B 40 |
 Tired Puppies, No. B 41 |
 Self Portrait BBNP, No. 10B 42 |
 River Worn, No. B 43 |
 Brushed, Chiseled and Sanded, 44 |
 Orphan, No. B 45 |
 Fork, No. 3B 46 |
 A River Ran Through It, No. B 47 |
 Stomping Grounds of the Red Buffalo 48 |
 Roadside West—1 of 7, No. B 49 |
 Roadside West—2 of 7, No. B 50 |
 Roadside West—3 of 7, No. B 51 |
 Roadside West—4 of 7, No. B 52 |
 Roadside West—5 of 7, No. B 53 |
 Roadside West—6 of 7, No. B 54 |
 Roadside West—7 of 7, No. B 55 |
 Indian Head Area, No.1B 56 |
 Indian Head Area, No.3B 57 |
 Indian Area Boulders No.2B 58 |
 Indian Boulder Passage, No.5B 59 |
 Art by any other name, No.1B 60 |
 19-D Image, No. 1B 61 |
 Simple Indian Art, No. 2B 62 |
 Boulder Cave and Art, No. 2B 63 |
 Evening Westview, 1B 64 |
 Ghosthouse, No. 4B 65 |
 Ghosthouse II, No 4B 66 |
 Texas Tolleson 67 |
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