El Paso: The Disappeared Mountains

The Disappeared Mountains over UTEP, El Paso, Texas. December 2016.

December 2016

Clouds, dust, mist, spirits - whatever - enveloped the mountains behind UTEP, disappearing them.


This is the usual view: 

Reminds me of Alamogordo's disappearing mountains here.

Below are two videos I took in Alamogordo, on the same street, one with the mountains visible and the other when they were invisible.

El Paso: The Cloud Goddess Comes

Clouds on Franklin Mountains, El Paso, Texas. December 2016.

December 2016

Saturday afternoon, the last day of the year.

I turned east onto Mesa Road, one of El Paso's major arteries, and on the west side of the city, a long, congested trail of generica, a series of traffic lights to pass under.

But not today.

Clouds on Franklin Mountains, El Paso, Texas. December 2016.

The goddess slipped from the heavens to rest on the shoulders of the Franklin Mountain line.

Clouds on Franklin Mountains, El Paso, Texas. December 2016.

Gorgeous.

Clouds on Franklin Mountains, El Paso, Texas. December 2016.