Winter's first light on the Flight Deck Pond at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge can create colors that become memories. Standing on the edge of the pond early on a sub-freezing morning, a New Mexico Sunrise is not a cliche. I can see the grass in the water start to emerge, and the trees on the far embankment are working toward being more than silhouettes. The pond's rippled surface, moved by only the slightest breeze, adds texture to the foreground. The just-blue sky above the clouds, with the sun's help, will soon burn off this mirrored cover and all of these ripe reds, crimsons and oranges will be only a memory.
Winter's first light on the Flight Deck Pond at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge can create colors that become memories. Standing on the edge of the pond early on a sub-freezing morning, a New Mexico Sunrise is not a cliche. I can see the grass in the water start to emerge, and the trees on the far embankment are working toward being more than silhouettes. The pond's rippled surface, moved by only the slightest breeze, adds texture to the foreground. The just-blue sky above the clouds, with the sun's help, will soon burn off this mirrored cover and all of these ripe reds, crimsons and oranges will be only a memory.