The Saddle of Mesa de Anguila Big Bend The lake was formed by

The lake was formed by a catastrophic eruption more than a thousand years ago

That tension became part of the experience

pulling the landscape together into something cohesive and deliberate

This object

The Saddle of Mesa de Anguila Big Bend The lake was formed byMesa de Anguila, Big Bend National Park, Texas This photograph was made on the rim of Mesa de Anguila, looking out across a wide section of canyon as the Rio Grande curves through the desert below. The horizontal framing allowed the landscape to stretch outward, emphasizing distance, scale, and the slow movement of the river through layered terrain. A lone prickly pear sits near the edge of the rim, offset to one side of the frame. From this angle, it