Hiking through the Sandia Mountains
A photographic tour of Flora, Geology, and Meteorology
(well for now, a very short tour - some day though...)

- by Joel Castellanos -

"...in every wood,
in every spring,
there is a different green."
- J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)

Cibola National Forest, New Mexico, U.S.A.

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Very high resolution copies are available upon request
(joel@cs.unm.edu)



Rising like flames
before a water sculpted,
limestone outcrop.
Gutierrez Canyon Open Space
7500 Ft.
June, 2003

Western Wallflower
Pino Trail
8000 Ft.
June, 2003

Gutierrez Canyon Open Space
7800 Ft.
May, 2007




Morning Primrose
Gutierrez Canyon Open Space
6800 Ft.
May, 2007




Ponderosa Trees
Tree Spring Trail
9000 Ft.
Thanksgiving morning, 2003

Ponderosa Trees
Tree Spring Trail
9000 Ft.
Thanksgiving morning, 2003

Spruce Trees
Tree Spring Trail
8800 Ft.
Thanksgiving morning, 2003




Ponderosa Trees
Tree Spring Trail
8900 Ft.
November, 2003

Ponderosa Trees
Tree Spring Trail
9000 Ft.
November, 2003





Crest Trail
9600 Ft.
November, 2003

Aspin Trees
Tree Spring Trail
9400 Ft.
November, 2003




Frosted Grass in Early Morning Sun
Gutierrez Canyon Open Space
6800 Ft.
December, 2002



copyright 2005, by Joel Castellanos