Miles and miles of Texas

16 years ago

One thing we have out here in this part of the country is a mostly tee-totally unobstructed view. This is about 20 miles from the point of interest.

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Konrad___far_north
16 years ago
That's great!...Still allot of open space down there!
If it wasn't for the white cross, buildings and barb wire,
one could imagine it as a Mars scape! LOL
Konrad
rcnaylor
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16 years ago
Ha. Mars might be insulted. ;)

The next time I'm out in the country around here Konrad I'll take one that cuts out any barb wire, and buildings - or any other sign of civilization, its usually not too hard to do around here.

The funny thing is without some of those cues for the eye, its hard to "see" that we are talking about a shot where you can see 20 miles.
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juanital
16 years ago
Bet that makes for a long drive! Nice shots!

Juanita
JoanMN
16 years ago
Gorgeous country! One time DH and I were driving in MT, we talked about the little town up ahead that we could see. We drove and drove and drove...finally realized we were looking at Helena, which had to have been about 30 or 40 miles away!
JoanMN/FL
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Its not quite Helena, Joan, but here's one of Amarillo from yesterday about 25 miles away on ridge in the Canadian River watershed NW of town.

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