When a group of us camped here in Big Bend about 8 years ago, and when Stan and I stayed in the lodge here, this mountain, Casa Grande, towered over us. It is the foreground silhouette for some of my Milky Way images. This view is taken 30 feet from our front door this year, at the lodge. This feature is not unlike Shiprock in that it is a "volcanic plug" made up of lava that hardened in the "conduit" of the volcano which is the open tube from the magma resevoir underground and the vent at the top. Casa Grande is Spanish for "Big House" and it is 2000 feet higher than where we are. It is 7,325 feet above sea level. An impressive sight!
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Gorgeous photo of Casa Grande. Love all the colors surrounding it. Would never have thought it would be made of lava rock! Betsey
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