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Super Moon Rising, Vallecito Mountain, Taos

Geraint December 2, 2017 10 Comments

Super Moon Vallecito Mountain Taos, New Mexico. We purposefully made a trip out to the west rim of the Rio Grande Gorge to watch the super moon rise tonight. The high mountains of the Sangre de Cristos blocked the moon rise and allowed us some twenty minutes to chat with a visiting photographer who had dropped in from Colorado to photograph the high bridge and the gorge. We were sharing stories about life, travels and photography etc. when I felt like someone clamped the defibrillator leads on my chest and shocked my heart awake when I saw this sight! Check out the “absolute” full moon tomorrow December 3, 2017. Thanks for looking. G

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Corn Woman Of Vallecito Peak

Geraint November 28, 2017 No Comments

Corn Woman of Vallecito Peak, the mountains of Taos, New Mexico. Yes! it snowed today and when the clouds lifted we got to see how much. In this image the shape of the pine trees in the bowl of the mountain resembles a woman sowing the corn seeds, hence, corn woman. Others say it’s “weaver woman” and other folks amongst us with a sense of humor, say it’s “Olive Oyl”. What do you think? Anyway… as I was saying, it snowed, which made for a gorgeous day. Thanks for looking. G

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Here are a few other images from the archives:

https://geraintsmith.com/potd/pages/archive/january_15/january_05_15.html

https://geraintsmith.com/potd/pages/archive/april_14/april_30_14.html

https://geraintsmith.com/potd/pages/archive/january_12/jan_02_12.html

https://geraintsmith.com/potd/pages/archive/december_11/dec_10_11.html

https://geraintsmith.com/potd/pages/archive/march_10/march_02_10.html

Vallecito Mountain Snows

Geraint November 30, 2016 2 Comments
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Fresh piles of snow on Vallecito Peak. There is a faint outline of “Corn Woman” my favorite, or “Weaver Woman” the trees in the center of the snow field. She will become more prominent as the snow melts.