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Click here to start a tour of Big Bend National Park. You will need 3-D glasses to view this series of anaglyphic images. Click on any of the images to continue to the next page in the linked series of web pages. |
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| Blooming yuccas on Ore Road | Candelilia along Ore Road | Lechuguilla along Ore Road |
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| Ocotillo along Ore Road | Ernst Arroyo Canyon | Ernst Tinaja |
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| Ernst Tinaja | Ernst Tinaja | Ernst Arroyo Canyon |
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| Ernst Tinaja | Folds along Ernst Arroyo | Tunnel near Rio Grande Overlook |
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| Boquillas Canyon | Mortar holes near Rio Grande | Rio Grande near Boquillas |
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| Boquillas Canyon | Boquillas Canyon | Boquillas Canyon |
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| Sierra De San Vicente | Gypsum veins along River Road | Mariscal Mine |
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| Mariscal Mine | Mariscal Mine | Mariscal Mine |
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| Chisos Mountains | The Elephant Tusk | Lechuguilla near Mariscal Mine |
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| Mariscal Mountain | Mariscal Mine | Yucca with Elephant Tusk |
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| Mariscal Mountain | Blooming prickly pears | The Elephant Tusk |
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| The Elephant Tusk | Stream terraces by River Road | Prickly Poppies and Mules Ears |
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| Chisos Mountains and wash | Volcanic dike | Santa Elena Canyon |
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| Sierra de Santa Elena | Santa Elena Canyon | Rio Grande |
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| Cerro Castellan | Tuff Canyon | igneous rocks and tuff |
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| The Mule Ears | Chisos Mountains | Rockfall near Dog Canyon |
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| Dog Canyon | Dog Canyon | Dog Canyon |
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| Dog Canyon | Dog Canyon | Dagger Flat |
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| Dagger Flat | Incised alluvial fan | Maverick Mountain |
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| Maverick Creek badlands | Lost Mine Trail | The Basin |
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| Lost Mine Trail | Orographic cloud | Lost Mine Trail |
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| Lost Mine Trail | The Window | Casa Grande |
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| Pullman Mountain | Chisos Mountains |
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Click here to see more geology tours of National Parks. |
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Click here to learn more about Big Bend National Park (National Park Service website: http://www.nps.gov/bibe). Click here to learn about the stratigraphy of Big Bend National Park. See an NPS overview of the Geology of Big Bend National Park. Click here for a list of maps, books, and historic reports that describe the geology and natural history of the Big Bend National Park (used in the construction of this website). Note that all photography on this website was taken in April, 2005. |
| Learn about USGS research in Big Bend National Park Gray, J. E. and Page W. R., eds., 2008, Geological, geochemical, and geophysical studies by the U.S. Geological Survey in Big Bend National Park, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1327, 93 p. Available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1327/ . |
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This website contains images produced from stereo photo pairs that were manipulated into anaglyphs (3D images). You will need red-and-cyan stereo viewing glasses to get the 3D visual effects. |
| This page is <https://gotbooks.miracosta.edu/gonp/bibe/> Last modified 1/3/2010 |
