Marfa flights
Subtitle: aerial views of Big Bend Country
By: Paul V. Chaplo ; foreword by T. Lindsay Baker ; introduction by Lawrence John Francell
Edition: First edition.
Series: Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities -- number twenty-six; Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities -- no. 26.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9781623491680; 9781623491789
Subjects: Pictorial works; Landscapes; Landscape photography; Aerial photography; Artistic Photography
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The journey begins: the flight from Marfa, Texas; title: Along Texas Highway 118: heading south from Alpine, Texas; title: Into the heart of Big Bend National Park: exploring the Chisos Mountains; title: Looking for water: across Tornillo Flats to Ernst Tinaja; title: The Rio Grande: flying upstream to Smoky Creek; title: Canyons and drug lords: the Rio Grande upstream from Santa Elena village to Lajitas; title: In search of ghost towns: flying inland to the Lone Star and Mariposa quicksilver mines; title: Into the devil's playground: flying north from Terlingua to Alamo de Cesario Creek; title: Over the land of plenty: orbiting Green Valley and Paradise Valley; title: Stepping into enchantment: crossing the threshold of the Sierra Vieja to magical Capote Falls and Candelaria; title: Up the starry stairway: exploring the pristine Davis Mountains and McDonald Observatory.