And The Light Comes Forth

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And The Light Comes Forth

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Renny Spencer

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Just make it to another sunrise!! No matter how bad life gets at some point the light comes forth. It awakens a warmth a time of joy, a new start. This sunrise from September 5, 2014 allows you to enjoy the beauty that surrounds us. Mountains seem to rise from the darkness. Gold streams from the heavens. Darkness is being quickly overtaken by the light. Take time to reflect on the positive things in your life.

The Davis Mountains near Fort Davis in west Texas offer some of the best sunrise and sunset moments. There are many areas that the public can access to watch these miracles take place. I took this near the McDonald Observatory at an elevation above 6000 feet looking north east. Every day, every hour, every minute provides a new piece of art on the natural canvas.

The Davis Mountains are an Oasis in the Chihuahuan Desert. From http://www.desertusa.com/chihuahuan-desert.html

Chihuahuan Desert -- the largest desert in North America covering more than 200,000 square miles -- Most of it lies south of the international border. In the U.S. it extends into parts of New Mexico, Texas and sections of southeastern Arizona. Its minimum elevation is above 1,000 feet, but the vast majority of this desert lies at elevations between 3,500 and 5,000 feet.

Winter temperatures are cool, and summer temperatures are extremely hot. Most of the area receives less than 10 inches of rainfall yearly .While some winter rain falls, most precipitation occurs during the summer months.

This desert covers such a large area that it is difficult to characterize its Chihuahuan Desert map geology, but limestone and calcareous soils are common.

Like the Great Basin Desert, this is a shrub desert, but the biological diversity of perennial plant life is relatively low. Yuccas and agaves, growing with grasses and often Creosote Bushes, give this desert its characteristic appearance.

Prickly-pears and Mormon Tea are also contribute prevalent. Tarbush is sometimes a dominant shrub. Honey Mesquite grows along washes and playas. White-thorn Acacia, Allthorn and Ocotillo are other large, conspicuous plants of the Chihuahuan Desert.

Approximate DesertUSA Boundaries: Bordered on the west by Arizona's U.S. Route 191, on the north by Interstate 40, on the east by Texas' U.S. Route 385, and south to the Mexican border.

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September 14th, 2014

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