22 COLORFUL NEW MEXICO PHOTOGRAPHS

This Gallery is a scenic view of  New Mexico... a colorful landscape... a colorful people
        Consider the people of  Truth or Consequences ...  a town willing to adopt the name of a  TV program!   Far north near Gallup,  Native Americans  created large sculptures of wildlife; they perch on Redrock Sandstone that forms the area's hills.   And the landscapes?  Colorful striped badlands, north of  Nazlini, display the variety of ancient soils frozen in time during global cooling. Yes, colorful indeed, New Mexico is made of  adobe ,  Yucca  and gypsum sand.
        Much New Mexico landscape photography is possible as there is a  paradoxical mix of  productive Las Cruces Cotton Fields , yet the isolation of the Gila Wilderness...of endulged birds at  Bitter Lake at Roswell, yet cringing  Collared Lizards  hiding  from the piercing sun.  It is a logical place for a Dinosaur Museum, as this is where the asteroid hit that extinguished them.  It is a logical place for the Museum of Space History,  as the clarified air of the New Mexican high desert fostered  research that led the way.  Throngs of visitors clammer to White Sands National Monument,  learning they must stall their view of sparkling white gypsum  till the road reopens... that is, if a missile is being tested.
         Sycamores and sunsets   attest to the softness of  New Mexican life.  Artesia's Oil Refinery, (and the men on the derrick floor)  like the desert's heroic Rosemary Mint tells the story of harsh challenges that must be overcome.
The roads that twist  toward  Emory Pass  (8100') let you experience the solitude of the Mimbres Mountains of the Gila National Forest.  If you are very quiet, you can hear spotted owl, and very very quiet... your own thoughts.