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		<title>Big Bend National Park Photo Tour</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big Bend National Park is over 800,000 acres of remote desert and mountains in south Texas.&#160; The southern border of the park is defined by 244 miles of the Rio Grande River with Mexico on the other side.&#160; Big Bend National Park is the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert in the United States, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Rim &#8211; Big Bend National Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chisos Mountains dominate the middle of Big Bend National Park and were created by sedimentary rocks that eroded to expose the harder volcanic rock beneath.&#160; (source)
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Nestled in the Chisos Mountains is a giant basin where the Lodge and Visitors Center are located.&#160; It’s also the start of many trails including the South Rim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Rim 2 &#8211; Big Bend National Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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The views are expansive along the entire South Rim.
 

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The Sierra Quemada is a ring of mountains that many geologists believe was once a volcanic caldera.&#160; (source)
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Everything about Big Bend is big.&#160; Wide &#8230; open &#8230; spaces &#8230;&#160; 
Theresa enjoys a view of Mariscal Mountain, the tall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Devil&#8217;s Den &#8211; Big Bend National Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Devil’s Den is a narrow chasm in the southern end of the Santiago Mountains.&#160; It sits in the northeast corner of Big Bend National Park, just south of the Persimmon Gap Entrance to the park.

From the road, the Devil’s Den canyon appears as a Harry Potter scar in the foothills.&#160; The canyon is about 3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boquillas Canyon &#8211; Big Bend National Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rio Grande River forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico.&#160; The Rio Grande is 1,885 miles (3,034 km) long, making it the fourth-longest river system in the United States.&#160; (wiki)
 
The Rio Grande valley is lush and green.&#160; The United States is in the foreground; Mexico is on the far [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mule Ears &#8211; Big Bend National Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mule Ears peaks rise high above the Chihuahuan Desert.

The peaks are the result of varying erosion of volcanic rock layers.&#160; The Mule Ears represent a tower of harder volcanic rock exposed after the softer “tuff” (volcanic ash) eroded from around it.
 

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		<title>Tuff Canyon &#8211; Big Bend National Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuff Canyon is a relatively small canyon carved by Blue Creek as it drains from the Chisos Mountains into the Rio Grande.
 
You can see part of the Chisos Mountains in the background at right.
 

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There are a couple man-made observation decks that extend over Tuff Canyon.
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		<title>Santa Elena Canyon &#8211; Big Bend National Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Santa Elena Canyon is one of the three major canyons through which the Rio Grande River flows in Big Bend National Park.
 
You can see the large gash that is Santa Elena Canyon for at least a dozen miles on a clear day as you drive south in Big Bend National Park toward the Rio [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lost Mine &#8211; Big Bend National Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the Lost Mine Trail between 1940-1942 for the new Big Bend National Park, which was officially established in 1944.
 
Theresa gazes at the towering East Rim of the Chisos Mountains.
 
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Case Grande Peak with Mexico in the far background.
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