Photography by Mike Mander | Southwest 2010 / Days 10 - 12

Southwest 2010 / Days 10 -12

May 14th to 16th

Photos 1-17 were taken at Sacramento Peak Observatory and photos 18-28 were at the Apache Point Observatory, both in New Mexico. I decided to break out my 17mm TS-E lens for many of the shots at Apache Point to try and keep the buildings and observatories nice and aligned. That evening, if I recall correctly, we spoke to a campsite host that was once a ranger stationed in Big Bend National Park. He spoke very highly of the park and encouraged us to drive down, something that was not on our original agenda.

The next day, we spent some time at Carlsbad Caverns, however it was very busy and we decided not to fight the crowds to see the caverns. After all, it was far too nice a day to go underground! In addition, photography was no longer allowed at the cave entrance in the evening when the bats exit, supposedly due to thier sensitivity to noise and even to electronic devices, the latter of which I am still skeptical about. After hanging around the parking lot and marvelling at all the vultures soaring around (photos 31-39) we decided to head south. We were treated to some nice skies and evening light (42-49) when we arrived at Big Bend at the end of the day.

Please note that GPS coordinates only locate the approximate areas where the photos were taken and may not be accurate. My detailed GPS tracklogs were lost due to a software glitch.

32°47'15" N 105°49'4" W

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32°46'47" N 105°49'10" W

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32°33'8" N 105°33'57" W

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32°44'41" N 105°54'57" W

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32°10'30" N 104°26'36" W

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30°51'21" N 102°53'35" W

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29°34'23" N 103°8'12" W

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29°25'43" N 103°8'22" W

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29°20'23" N 103°19'3" W

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29°13'15" N 103°22'17" W

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29°13'7" N 103°22'7" W

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29°10'38" N 103°26'0" W

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29°9'52" N 103°26'42" W

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29°8'13" N 103°31'19" W

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