El Paso Sunset

A sunset near El Paso, Texas. The mountain ridgeline is the Franklins. The city of El Paso wraps around the southern end of the chain, out of the picture to the left.

Windmill Sunset

Windmill at sunset. Few things say Texas like a windmill. Here is one as the light of of a classic big Texas sunset lights up the sky.

Santa Elena Canyon Sunset Glow

The "V" notch Santa Elena Canyon at sunset.

It was the end of a very heavy overcast day. The sky was so heavy there was no chance of a sunset (or so I thought). As such, I was out looking for locations to photograph the next morning when I noticed that the western sky was starting to glow. I was not at a very good location for the sunset and I knew it would likely be over before I could get to one so I watched the light in the "V" of the canyon.

Big West Texas Sunset

West Texas has some of the biggest and best sunsets I know of. When you are out here, you have to stop and watch them.

This is sunset off the Big Hill. It is the highpoint on the river Road, that's FM 170 that runs between Presidio and Lajitas.

I happened to be there right as the sun was setting so I scrambled to the top and caught one of those classic west Texas sunsets.

This is the view west at the very end of the light. The Rio Grande is the glowing ribbon in the dark rocky canyon below. The perfect ending to a great west Texas day.