Sandia Mountains from Ojito Wilderness Area
In March of 2007 I went to the Ojito BLM Wilderness Area, about 50 miles northwest of Albuquerque, New Mexico. This was my last New Mexico hike before moving to the dread plains of Illinois. It was gloomy and overcast all day, which put an unfortunate damper on my photography plans. However, just before sunset the sun came out under the clouds for a few minutes, which is when I took this photo. The sun has already set in the foreground, however, the Sandia Mountains, on the other (east) side of Albuquerque, lived up to their name (Sandia is watermelon in Spanish). The red here is the sunset reflected off of snow. I edited this photo two years ago, using my then primitive methods, and so it took some time to correct this back to presentable form! Do not edit your original! This was taken from the eastern boarder of the Wilderness Area, where we camped. There are some cool unexcavated Anasazi (or ancient Pueblo) ruins near by. If you didn’t know what unexcavated ruins looked like you would probably walk right by with out seeing them.
