Mesa de anguila, big bend national park, lajitas, trail, horseshoe bend, rio grande, sierra ponce, santa elena canyon, Mexico, border, sunset, west Texas, remote, desert, mesa
{"Image ImageDescription": "Mesa de Anguila rests in one of the most remote parts of Big Bend National Park. The trailhead starts just south of Lajitas, outside the park, and the path heads south towards the Rio Grande. The first .7 miles of the hike are relatively easy, but after that, a steep climb awaits to reach a saddle on the ridge. From here, a great view of the Rio Grande awaits. Similar to Arizona\u2019s Horseshoe Bend, this stretch of the river creates a sharp bend in the river resembling a horseshoe. Across the river is Mexico and the Sierra Ponce. The deep canyon is actually part of Santa Elena Canyon, with head of Santa Elena miles downstream to the east. \rThis sunset image of the Rio Grande was taken well off the faint trail where the cliffs tumbles hundreds of feet to the river below. The view from here is amazing, but as Laurence Parent wrote in his Big Bend hiking guide, this is not a place for an inexperienced hiker.\r\rLow clouds periodically moved across this landscape most of the day, and especially on the hike up, over, and down the saddle. And as I was about to give up hope of any color, the last light of this March evening spilled through an opening in the western horizon and lit up a sliver of the low clouds just long enough for me to take several images. The brilliant reds and gold lasted only a few minutes, and darkness quickly fell across this desolate region of the Big Bend.", "Image Make": "Canon", "Image Model": "Canon EOS 5DS R", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 (Macintosh)", "Image DateTime": "2019:03:18 08:20:46", "Image Artist": "Rob Greebon", "Image Copyright": "Rob Greebon Photography, LLC", "Image ExifOffset": "1688", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "2350", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "5232", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1", "EXIF FNumber": "18", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Manual", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "200", "EXIF SensitivityType": "Recommended Exposure Index", "EXIF RecommendedExposureIndex": "200", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2019:03:07 19:18:23", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2019:03:07 19:18:23", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "0", "EXIF ApertureValue": "166797/20000", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "4", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "20", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "82", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1400", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "933", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "79080107/32768", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "79080107/32768", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "3", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Manual Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF BodySerialNumber": "042021000610", "EXIF LensSpecification": "[11, 24, 0/0, 0/0]", "EXIF LensModel": "EF11-24mm f/4L USM", "EXIF LensSerialNumber": "2600000791"}