Aspen Turning IV

Posted by Gunnar on Nov 3, 2018 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Aspen Turning IV
Tags: aspens, high desert, mountains, New Mexico, Sangre de Christo Mountains, Santa Fe Mountain, trees, Western Landscapes,

2018

With 99% of the leaves above 8,000′ elevation having fallen, only the tall, straight, thin trunks of Santa Fe Mountain’s vast aspen groves remain standing — an array of soft taupe-to-white-to-tan vertical paint strokes — occasionally punctuated by an aberrant leaf’s muted yellow accent and backed by soft, scattered evergreens.

The subtlety and depth of these enormous, deep stands of such wondrously soft colors, all in perfect order, defies imagination…