Marfa flights : aerial views of Big Bend Country /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chaplo, Paul V. (Author, Photographer)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2014]
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ; no. 26.
Subjects:	Big Bend Region (Tex.) > Pictorial works. Big Bend National Park (Tex.) > Pictorial works. Landscapes > Texas > Big Bend Region > Pictorial works. Landscape photography > Texas > Big Bend Region. Aerial photography > Texas > Big Bend Region. Photography, Artistic.

Table of Contents:

The journey begins: the flight from Marfa, Texas
Along Texas Highway 118: heading south from Alpine, Texas
Into the heart of Big Bend National Park: exploring the Chisos Mountains
Looking for water: across Tornillo Flats to Ernst Tinaja
The Rio Grande: flying upstream to Smoky Creek
Canyons and drug lords: the Rio Grande upstream from Santa Elena village to Lajitas
In search of ghost towns: flying inland to the Lone Star and Mariposa quicksilver mines
Into the devil's playground: flying north from Terlingua to Alamo de Cesario Creek
Over the land of plenty: orbiting Green Valley and Paradise Valley
Stepping into enchantment: crossing the threshold of the Sierra Vieja to magical Capote Falls and Candelaria
Up the starry stairway: exploring the pristine Davis Mountains and McDonald Observatory.