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Cerro Castellan

            Big Bend National Park, Texas

It must have been windy that day, as I cleaned at least 50 dust spots from the sky part of this shot.  Let me know if you find any more.

Cerro Castellan, less commonly known as Castolon Peak or Castellan Peak, is a prominent conical mountain rising from the desert floor about a mile northeast of the Castolon ranger station in Big Bend National Park, Brewster County (at 29°09' N, 103°30' W). The mountain is part of a series of summits once known as the Carazones Peaks. Cerro Castellan's peak reaches an elevation of 3,293 feet above sea level, and rises more than 1,000 feet above the terrain below. The geologic origin of the peak, like that of so many other topographic highs in this region of West Texas, is differential erosion-a resistant rock wearing away more slowly than rocks around it. Cerro Castellan is a high stack of volcanic rocks, including ash, lava, and tuffaceous rocks. It is capped by a dense lava flow underlain by various tuffs and basalts. A northwest-trending fault cuts the eastern flank of Cerro Castellan. Though little vegetation grows on the sheer cliffs and steep, pointed profile of its peak, the lower slopes of Cerro Castellan support a sparse growth of Chihuahuan Desert scrub, including most prominently such characteristic species as creosote bush and ocotillo. The name Cerro Castellan seems to mean "castle-warden's hill," though the reasons for this name's adoption are obscure.
....Texas State Historical Association

Taken in: United States / Texas / Castolon (show map)

Taken on: February 10, 2017

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Camera: Sony NEX-5T, f/13.0, 1/250 sec, 16mm (=24mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony NEX-5T
Lens:	E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
Aperture:	f/13.0
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	16mm (35mm equivalent: 24mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Landscape
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Luminar AI
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