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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Early Summer?


We're headed for 83 degrees today, and it already felt warm this morning when Research Associate Becca and I got onto the trail. The Organ Mountains looked spectacular as usual.

No, the top of Tortugas Mountain is not on fire; the clouds just make it seem that way.

An old rock shelter just off the trail, probably built by one of the many miners who plied the mountains.

Check out this odd cloud over the Organs.



A beautiful Redtail Hawk surveying the area for prey.

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