Caught the sunset at El Malpais National Monument yesterday.

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Leaving Albuquerque, Buddy and I decided to head south through the badlands, like in one of those cowboy novels. #NewMexico #ElMalpais #dogsofmastodon

Ranger Sarah learns that the Acoma-Zuni Trail is part of the Continental Divide Trail. El Malpais means "the bad country". Early native peoples built cairn trails through the lava fields here. Spanish and later western explorers traveled around the lava flows.

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Ranger Sarah goes through the gate at the Acoma-Zuni Trail head in El Malpais National Monument.

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Ranger Sarah is in the El Malpais National Monument at the Acoma-Zuni Trail trailhead where she plans on going for a quick hike before the sunsets.

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Ranger Sarah with another view of La Ventana Arch. Located just inside the Cebolla Wilderness, In Spanish La Ventana means "The Window"
— El Malpais National Conservation Area.

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Ranger Sarah at La Ventana Arch. New Mexico's 2nd largest natural arch is 135 feet wide and 80 feet high.
— El Malpais National Conservation Area.

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Ranger Sarah reads the La Ventana Arch trailhead sign before she begins her hike to the arch in El Malpais National Conservation Area.

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Ranger Sarah at La Ventana Arch in the El Malpais National Conservation Area, you can see the arch in the distance behind the sign.
— at El Malpais National Conservation Area.

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