mountains

This is why they call these mountains the Sandia ("Watermelon") Mountains. Those magic few moments as the sun is about to set, when the mountains turn a luscious color, create an image complete with seeds (trees scattered in the cliff faces) and a rim of green (more trees). As you can see, the snow from Friday has melted.

Hmm, now that I'm looking at it again, I'm sure there are plenty better pictures out there than what I've captured here. This photo actually makes me think they should be called the Carne Mountains.

The sunset tonight was rather tame by New Mexico standards, but the photo turned out nice. That's Mount Taylor in the lower left. I like the way the clouds just left of center look like another mountain, floating up there. Maybe it's Avalon.