Santa Elena Canyon Sunrise

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Posted by Darren Huski on August 25, 2013 at 6:50 AM

When I was in Big Bend back in February, I caught this sunrise at Santa Elena Canyon. This is one of the parks many fantastic views and my personal favorite. The wall is 1500' tall. The Rio Grande has carved through it. The opposite shore is Mexico. To go any farther than I am requires a passport.

If any of you ever get to Big Bend (and you should) put a sunrise here on your list.

See the longer story of the morning and how I actually started elsewhere but came here after I noticed movement in the clouds on my blog

http://wildernessphotographer.blogspot.com/2013_08_01_archive.html

Posted by Darren Huski on August 25, 2013 at 6:52 AM

And this was the peak of the sunrise and the scene with my camera

Posted by Darren Huski on August 25, 2013 at 6:54 AM

And to appreciate how big the Sierra Ponce wall is this is two FISHEYE images stitched together

Posted by Rob Graham on August 27, 2013 at 11:23 PM

that is a huge wall :). I love the glow in the second photo. The cloud motion in the first image keeps the image from being static; well done.

Posted by Tom Kennon on August 28, 2013 at 9:50 PM

Darren, great work, my favorite is #1

Posted by Darren Huski on August 30, 2013 at 10:19 AM

Thanks guys!