Prickly Pear at Sunset, Lajitas Size:40x60 then slowly dissolve back into

then slowly dissolve back into something else

carving a corridor that predates any modern border

Communities are sparse

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Prickly Pear at Sunset, Lajitas Size:40x60 then slowly dissolve back intoLajitas, Texas This photograph was made beneath Lajitas Mesa in Big Bend as the day moved toward sunset. A fully opened prickly pear bloom fills the foreground, its petals catching the last warm light before the desert begins to cool. I worked close to the ground, allowing the flower to dominate the frame while the mesa and surrounding terrain recede behind it. The contrast between the softness of the petals and the rigidity of the land was what held