Jack ...

"There’s a wonder in the way we’re always free, to change the world by changing how we see."

~ Cynki Craven

Southwest Skies ...

by Knate Myers

Southwest Skies - Timelapse Video from Knate Myers on Vimeo.

Storm Front ...

Socorro, New Mexico.

"Know one thing... where your passion lies.

Follow that passion to find the meaning of your life.

~ Philip Toshio Sudo

Bisti Badlands

by Dustin Kukuk

One my favorite locations in New Mexico for photography. Truly otherworldly.

Bisti Badlands / Canon EOS 7D from Dustin Kukuk on Vimeo.

Shining Mountain ...

Socorro Peak, New Mexico.

"The magic of photography is metaphysical." ~ Terence Donovan

Blue Sky Blues ...

Socorro, New Mexico.

"The medium of photography can record not only what the eyes see,

but that which the mind's eye sees as well."

~ Wynn Bullock

Signal to Noise ...

Excellent time-lapse footage from Douglas Koke, of the Very Large Array (VLA) near Magdalena, New Mexico.

New Day

Bosque del Apache, New Mexico.

"The question is not what you look at, but what you see." ~ Henry David Thoreau

Cloud Bank

Albuquerque, New Mexico.

"Things don’t change. You just change your way of looking, that’s all." ~ Carlos Castaneda

Bike Bling

Birdland

Bosque del Apache, New Mexico.

Super Nature

... supernatural.

Socorro, New Mexico

"The goal is not to change your subjects, but for the subjects to change the photographer."

~Author Unknown

Desert Dawn

Socorro, New Mexico

"The soul cannot think without a picture." ~ Aristotle

Invisible Walls

Polvadera, New Mexico

"Art is the highest task and proper metaphysical activity of this life." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Luz Encantado

Socorro, New Mexico.

“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”

~ Dorthea Lange

Transformation

Socorro, New Mexico

"You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle. "

~ Paulo Coelho

Bosque Sunrise

Bosque del Apache, New Mexico.

Blue Skies

... and bare trees.

San Pedro, New Mexico.

Running Tree

Polvadera, New Mexico.

Somehow along the line this massive old cottonwood tree (150+ ft.) developed a large enough natural cavity in it's trunk so that a person can now comfortably stand inside it. I know because I've done it many times myself. It's great for getting out of the elements (not recommended for lightning storms) or for just leaning back in and contemplating the universe while the sun sets. Cottonwood leaves make a great sound in the wind and of couse the birds are always flitting about it's branches. It's a cool old tree to hang out with/in.

As you can see, from just the right angle, it appears that this ancient cottonwood is walking... more likely running. Heading for the hills. Well, probably towards the river actually and the relative safety of the protected Rio Grande Bosque and the cottonwoods there.

I'd be running too, if I knew about the fate of most of my other brethren of this area... and thus ultimately mine also.

Sadly, it's one of the last of many cottonwoods that use to populate this middle Rio Grande flood plain that's now been almost completely cleared for agriculture.

I hope whatever it appears to be trying to get away from never catches it.

Socorro County Sunsets

Some nice recent ones.

"M" Mountain, Socorro

Yucca, Bosque del Apache

El Camino, Socorro

Ladron Mountains, Bernardo

The real voyage of discovery
consists not in seeking new landscapes
but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust

To be continued...