Comments on: Davis Mountains Vistas http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog5 Photographs from the Big Bend Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:05:00 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lava Columns http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog5/davis-mountains-vistas/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Lava Columns Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:27:28 +0000 http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog2/?page_id=315#comment-30 [...] am continuing to revise my book on the Davis Mountains and will include this photograph of Sleeping Lion Formation lava columns [...] [...] am continuing to revise my book on the Davis Mountains and will include this photograph of Sleeping Lion Formation lava columns [...]

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By: Sunny Glen http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog5/davis-mountains-vistas/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Sunny Glen Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:44:52 +0000 http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog2/?page_id=315#comment-21 [...] favorite image from Davis Mountains Vistas, the opening in the volcanic cliffs is Sunny Glen, photographed three miles north of Alpine on [...] [...] favorite image from Davis Mountains Vistas, the opening in the volcanic cliffs is Sunny Glen, photographed three miles north of Alpine on [...]

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By: The Paisano Caldera « Geo Tex http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog5/davis-mountains-vistas/comment-page-1/#comment-20 The Paisano Caldera « Geo Tex Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:45:51 +0000 http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog2/?page_id=315#comment-20 [...] The photograph below, taken from the same road cut 9.7 miles west of Alpine shows a block of red Morrow tuff in a tuffaceous mudstone matrix. For more on the caldera see Davis Mountains Vistas. [...] [...] The photograph below, taken from the same road cut 9.7 miles west of Alpine shows a block of red Morrow tuff in a tuffaceous mudstone matrix. For more on the caldera see Davis Mountains Vistas. [...]

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By: Historic Fort Davis « Geo Tex http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog5/davis-mountains-vistas/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Historic Fort Davis « Geo Tex Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:33:35 +0000 http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog2/?page_id=315#comment-19 [...] This view of the old fort has Sleeping Lion Mountain (5,202 feet) on the left horizon with the buildings in front of Hospital Canyon and the columnar lava cliffs just coming into view on the right. The lavas are porphyritic rhyolite of the Sleeping Lion Formation, about 200 feet thick here. It erupted in a single lava flow 35.9 million years ago and is 630 feet thick at maximum. For more see Davis Mountains Vistas. [...] [...] This view of the old fort has Sleeping Lion Mountain (5,202 feet) on the left horizon with the buildings in front of Hospital Canyon and the columnar lava cliffs just coming into view on the right. The lavas are porphyritic rhyolite of the Sleeping Lion Formation, about 200 feet thick here. It erupted in a single lava flow 35.9 million years ago and is 630 feet thick at maximum. For more see Davis Mountains Vistas. [...]

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By: Lava Columns « Geo Tex http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog5/davis-mountains-vistas/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Lava Columns « Geo Tex Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:07:39 +0000 http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog2/?page_id=315#comment-18 [...] am continuing to revise my book on the Davis Mountains and will include this photograph of Sleeping Lion Formation lava columns [...] [...] am continuing to revise my book on the Davis Mountains and will include this photograph of Sleeping Lion Formation lava columns [...]

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By: Blue Mountain « Geo Tex http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog5/davis-mountains-vistas/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Blue Mountain « Geo Tex Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:01:58 +0000 http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog2/?page_id=315#comment-17 [...] am in the process of revising my Davis Mountains Vistas and hope to publish the second edition around Spring Break in [...] [...] am in the process of revising my Davis Mountains Vistas and hope to publish the second edition around Spring Break in [...]

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By: 2010 Calendar « Geo Tex http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog5/davis-mountains-vistas/comment-page-1/#comment-16 2010 Calendar « Geo Tex Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:00:40 +0000 http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog2/?page_id=315#comment-16 [...] I’ve been designing a calendar for 2010 featuring photographs of mountains in the Big Bend. This is the cover, Sawtooth Mountain in the Davis Mountains. I’m going to use the same photograph for the cover of Davis Mountains Vistas. [...] [...] I’ve been designing a calendar for 2010 featuring photographs of mountains in the Big Bend. This is the cover, Sawtooth Mountain in the Davis Mountains. I’m going to use the same photograph for the cover of Davis Mountains Vistas. [...]

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By: Brewster County Courthouse « Geo Tex http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog5/davis-mountains-vistas/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Brewster County Courthouse « Geo Tex Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:53:57 +0000 http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog2/?page_id=315#comment-15 [...] particularly like this photograph of Brewster County Courthouse which I have used in Davis Mountains Vistas and have made into a [...] [...] particularly like this photograph of Brewster County Courthouse which I have used in Davis Mountains Vistas and have made into a [...]

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By: Sunny Glen « Geo Tex http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog5/davis-mountains-vistas/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Sunny Glen « Geo Tex Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:41:10 +0000 http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog2/?page_id=315#comment-14 [...] favorite image from Davis Mountains Vistas, the opening in the volcanic cliffs is Sunny Glen, photographed three miles north of Alpine on [...] [...] favorite image from Davis Mountains Vistas, the opening in the volcanic cliffs is Sunny Glen, photographed three miles north of Alpine on [...]

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By: West Alpine Basin « Geo Tex http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog5/davis-mountains-vistas/comment-page-1/#comment-13 West Alpine Basin « Geo Tex Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:34:49 +0000 http://texasgeologicalpress.com/blog2/?page_id=315#comment-13 [...] In mid-photograph, Lizard Mountain is another intrusion. For more see Davis Mountains Vistas. [...] [...] In mid-photograph, Lizard Mountain is another intrusion. For more see Davis Mountains Vistas. [...]

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