Amarillo flights : aerial views of Llano Estacado country /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Chaplo, Paul V., photographer, writer of preface.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	College Station, Texas : Texas A&M University Press, [2020]
Description:	1 online resource (214 p.).
Language:	English
Series:	American Wests, sponsored by West Texas A&M University American Wests. American Wests, sponsored by West Texas A&M University.
Subject:	Plateaus -- Texas, West -- Pictorial works. Plateaus -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works. Landscape photography -- Llano Estacado. Aerial photography -- Llano Estacado. Aerial photography. Landscape photography. Plateaus. Llano Estacado -- Pictorial works. New Mexico. United States -- Llano Estacado. West Texas. Illustrated works. Pictorial works. Illustrated works.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12876263

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Other authors / contributors:	Davis, Walt, 1942- writer of introduction.
ISBN:	1623498872 9781623498870 9781623498863 1623498864
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record. 85. Mescalero Escarpment, North End.
Summary:	"Visitors to Texas and New Mexico have marveled for centuries at the immensity of the Llano Estacado and the surprising contrast as, at the edges of the great mesa, the flat ground gives way suddenly to such spectacular formations as the Palo Duro and Caprock Canyons. In the introduction to Amarillo Flights, artist and naturalist Walt Davis chronicle the history of this region-what Paul Chaplo calls the "Llano Country"-and of those artists, mapmakers, and travelers who have tried in various ways to capture its spirit. Working in "the vast studio of the sky," aerial photographer Chaplo has battled high winds, turbulence, dust, ice, near-miss bird strikes, wildfire smoke, and a host of aircraft problems to show the Llano Country from a place most of us will never be. Covering more than forty thousand square miles, he explores the incredible beauty and rich cultural history of the Panhandle and the surrounding landscapes, from canyons in New Mexico and Texas to hills and plains in Oklahoma. With the help of daring pilots, numerous aircraft, and a remarkably steady hand, Chaplo manages to capture in more than 100 striking photographs the shapes, textures, and colors of the rugged landforms that cannot be perceived fully from the ground. Sharing in his unique view from the southwestern sky, readers will experience from afar-and sometimes impossibly close-the sunlit canyons, storm-covered plains, and winding rivers cutting deep into the red earth that drew Chaplo to this region. For those who appreciate the Llano Estacado, Texas and Eastern New Mexico history, and landscape photography, this book provides a fresh and perception-challenging perspective"--
Other form:	Print version: Chaplo, Paul V. Amarillo Flights College Station : Texas A&M University Press,c2021 9781623498863

Table of Contents:

Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
The Llano Estacado and Surrounding Lands
Foreword
Photographer's Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Flying behind the Storm: Rain and Teardrops of the Caprock Canyons
1. Flying behind the Storm
2. Clearing over Caprock Canyons
3. Sun Beaming on Eagles Point
4. A Trail from Rails
5. Pronghorn
6. Quitaque Peaks
7. A Scar in the Earth
II. Puerto de los Rivajeños: Natural On-Ramp to the Plains
8. Traces of Puerto de los Rivajeños
9. Port of the Plains
10. Gypsum Star
11. Puerto Reverse
12. La Ceja
13. Scalloped Canyon
14. Park Hill Precipice
15. Park Hill Vista
16. Facing the Llano Estacado
17. Garcia Lake
18. The Scrapings, Tierra Blanca Creek
19. Cattle Feed Lot
20. Golden Hour over the Llano Estacado
III. Water, Wine, and Ransom: Following Yellow House Draw
21. Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge
22. The Plague in Paradise
23. Approach to Casas Amarillas
24. Casas Amarillas Overview
25. Yellow House Ranch
26. The Devil's Inkwell
27. Fields of Double Gold
28. Pastores' Wall
29. Wine and Ransom
30. Ransom Canyon High
31. Cotton Harvest
32. Fields of White
33. No, It's Not Snow
34. Ranger Camp
35. Blanco Canyon Edge
36. Bassanca
37. Golden Playas
38. Downburst Thunderstorm
39. Gail Mountain
40. Mushaway Peak
IV. Trailing the Comanches and Goodnight: Passage through Horsehead Crossing
41. Signal Peak and Moss Creek
42. The Big Spring
43. Permian Oil Wells
44. Castle Gap toward Horsehead Crossing
45. Across Castle Gap
46. Looking toward King Mountain
47. The Graveyard of Settlers' Dreams
48. Horsehead Revisited
49. The Smell of Water
50. Bosque Redondo
51. Flag over Fort Sumner Site
52. Acequia Madre
V. Swinging Low into Palo Duro and Tule Canyons: Flying Southwest from Amarillo
53. Capitol Peak, Palo Duro Canyon State Park
54. Hoodoo Magic
55. Spanish Skirts
56. The Razor's Edge
57. Lighthouse Peak
58. Canyon Jewel
59. Valley of Light
60. North Cita Canyon
61. Red River War Battlefield
62. High over the Tule Canyon Narrows
63. Ross Canyon
64. Into the Narrows
65. Electric Transmission Towers
66. Upper Tule Double Rainbow
67. Overview, Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River
68. JA Ranch HQ "Big House"
69. JA Ranch Grassland
70. Goodnight House with Bison Herd
VI. Roadside Wonders: Surprises beyond the Guardrail
71. Cadillac Crop
72. POW Camp
73. POW Chapel
74. First In, Last In
75. Timber Bridge, Route 66
76. Modern Restrooms, Route 66
77. Monahans Sandhills
78. Mystery in the Sands
79. Pump Jacks at the Beach
80. Giant Cross
81. The Bomb Train
82. Forgotten Airfield
VII. Mescalero Escarpment: Flying from Clovis, New Mexico
83. The Blackwater Draw
84. Blackwater Draw National Historic Landmark

Amarillo flights : aerial views of Llano Estacado country /

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