Snow - Texas Highway 166 and Sawtooth Mountain
by Renny Spencer
Title
Snow - Texas Highway 166 and Sawtooth Mountain
Artist
Renny Spencer
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Texas Highway 166 leading to a snow-covered Sawtooth Mountain with various fall and winter foliage colors. Located in the Davis Mountains of far west Texas in Jeff Davis County, near Fort Davis, Alpine, and Marfa.
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https://www.go-texas.com/Davis-Mountains/#
"As one travels west on I-10 or I-20, out of the vast desert, on the horizon, slowly rises the purple mass of the Davis Mountains, the largest mountain chain entirely within Texas. Elevations range from 3,500 to 8,000 feet as they rise above the Chihuahuan desert. The mild climate and volcanic soils support a most biologically diverse selection of mountain flora and fauna.
The mountains receive more rain than the surrounding Trans-Pecos area and therefore have vegetation not found in the desert lowlands, such as pi¤on pine, black cherry, alligator juniper, live and dwarf gray oak, yellow and limber pine and the unusual and rare Madrone tree. The fall colors truly rival the best of northern and eastern states."
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/sawtooth-mountain
".Sawtooth Mountain is in the Davis Mountains twenty-two miles northwest of Fort Davis in central Jeff Davis County (at 30°41' N, 104°14' W). It rises to an elevation of 7,686 feet above sea level, some 1,700 feet above the Rockpile, a mile northeast of the summit. On the mountain a surface of shallow, stony soils supports scrub brush and grasses. In 1941 engineers of the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation discovered the name of Christopher (Kit) Carson carved on a huge boulder, with the date December 25, 1839, at the Rockpile."
---Renny Spencer
https://rennyspencerphotography.com
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January 2nd, 2021
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Alex Mir
Congratulations, Renny! Your outstanding Snow Photograph is now featured in the 100 Favorite group! L/F/Ig
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This stunning image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art Forever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2021 April: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Also feel free to post your feature on our group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296998814248643/ Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (April 6, 2021)
OBT Imaging
great image, the stuff of dreams as a child for me watching westerns in rural Scotland! then Thelma and Louise later in life L/F following
Renny Spencer
Frozen in Time Fine Art Photography, thank you for featuring my artwork in the group Images New FAA Uploads on January 15, 2021!!! ---Renny Spencer https://rennyspencerphotography.com
Renny Spencer
Jenny, thank you for featuring my artwork in the group No Place Like Home on January 11, 2021!!! ---Renny Spencer https://rennyspencerphotography.com