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Tent Basin
This broad view of basin gives a good idea of the rock formations...
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Prickly Beauty
This is very arid country.
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Wave
It is almost as if a wave has been petrified.
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Foreboding
A looming tree gives tone to the area.
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Clinging Life
Trees take root where they may.
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Canyon Tree
Attached to the basin is a narrow canyon which holds wonderful rock...
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Layers
A view looking up from within the canyon.
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Choirboy
This rock formation caught my eye. It is on the wall of the basin.
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Stormy Vista
On my second visit to the monument storm clouds were gathering and it rained.
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Textures
The clouds, rocks and trees provide a varied textured scene.
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Tents
You are not allowed to climb the "tents."
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New Growth
It is interesting to me that prickly cactus start out so daintily.
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Pin Cushion
I understand that the thorns are a way to protect the plant's precious...
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Flower
Yet another cactus flower.
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Ouch!
Even in its more dried out state this cactus still has color and wonderful...
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Canyon Wall
Looking up to the sky along the canyon wall.
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Dying Pine
There has been a long drought in New Mexico and the pine trees have become...
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Dying Beauty
For me, there is a beauty in the shape of this dying pine.
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Grace
The rock formation echoes the arch of the branch.
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Wall
An abstracted view of the basin wall.
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Sculpture
Weather has created a beautifully carved landscape.
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Leaf Fur
Sometimes I like to look at the "macro-scrapes" in the broader...
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Greenery
This plant was growing beside the trail.
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Carving
It almost seems as if the bottom pod were carved.
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Cave Wall
The trail loops around the basin and this cave is about half way around.
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