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Fajada Butte at Chaco Canyon. Last light on the rock, everything else in shadow. It’s been catching this same light for a very long time.

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Fajada Butte at Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico, a flat-topped sandstone formation catching golden sunset light while the surrounding desert floor sits in blue shadow, with scattered clouds in a deep blue sky.
May 14, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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A black & white photograph of Chaco Canyon ruins in winter.
September 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Outside of perhaps Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon may be the most impressive site for ancient dwellings in the four corners region
📍Chaco Culture National Historical Park (NM)

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March 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Fajada Butte at sunrise, Chaco Canyon. First light on the rock while the sky was still deep blue. Branches nearby gave me a natural frame on both sides.

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Fajada Butte at Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico, glowing orange-gold in the first light of sunrise against a deep blue twilight sky, with blurred branches framing the left and right edges of the composition and dark desert scrub in the foreground.
May 24, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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Trail to the ruins at Chaco Canyon. Beams of light through the clouds, ancient walls at the end of the path. The light hasn't changed in a thousand years.

The quiet details are always worth noticing.

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A dirt trail winding through desert scrub toward ancient Puebloan ruins at Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico, with dramatic clouds and sun rays breaking through the sky above sandstone cliffs in the distance.
May 5, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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Trail through the canyon floor at Chaco. The bluffs catch the afternoon light and the sky fills in above. The walks between sites are close to as good as the ruins themselves.

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A groomed hiking trail winding through the desert floor of Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico, with green and brown scrub brush on either side, golden sandstone canyon cliffs catching sunlight on the left, and scattered white clouds in a bright blue sky.
May 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon. Raised the camera overhead to catch the sunrise through this window. The starburst lasted seconds before the angle shifted.

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The rising sun creating a starburst of light through a small window opening in an interior stone wall at Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico, with additional window openings visible in the ancient masonry at different levels.
May 18, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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Canyon wall at Chaco — looked straight up and let the rock and sky split the frame. Pure shape and texture.

A quick pause can reveal a lot.

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An upward-looking photograph of a sandstone cliff face at Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico, with the weathered orange-tan rock filling the lower half of the frame and dramatic white clouds against a deep blue sky above.
May 9, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon. One doorway leads to another, which leads to another. Each one framed inside the last, lintels still in place after a thousand years.

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A view through a doorway in the ancient stone ruins of Pueblo Bonito at Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico, looking through successive aligned doorways receding into the interior, with wooden lintels above each opening and precisely laid sandstone masonry walls.
May 15, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon. A thousand-year-old window still framing the sky. The wooden lintel is still holding.

Sometimes the best moments are the ones you almost walk past.

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A window opening in an ancient stone wall at Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico, with a wooden lintel above and blue sky with white clouds visible through the opening, surrounded by tight layers of sandstone masonry.
May 7, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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Sunrise at Chaco Canyon. Found a gap in the ancient masonry and waited. The starburst lasted maybe a minute before the angle changed.

Thanks for taking a moment to look.

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The sun rising through a gap in an ancient stone wall at Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico, creating a starburst of light against a clear blue sky, with the canyon’s sandstone cliff face visible above the masonry.
April 29, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon. Layers of rooms and walls reaching toward the sky. Close to a thousand years and they’re still holding their ground.

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An upward-looking photograph of the multi-story sandstone walls of Pueblo Bonito at Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico, with multiple rooms and window openings visible in the layered masonry, rising against a bright blue sky with white clouds.
May 22, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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Pueblo Bonito at Chaco Canyon just after sunrise. The layered masonry was the real subject…the starburst cresting the wall was the accent. Beth and I camped here and got up before dawn for the light.

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The sun cresting the top edge of a layered sandstone wall at Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico, breaking into a starburst, with a canyon bluff rising behind the wall against a clear blue sky.
June 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon. Dust we kicked up caught a sunbeam between the dark room and the golden doorway beyond. Some moments you just have to be ready for.

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A view from inside a dark room at Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, looking through a stone doorway into a sunlit room where dust particles catch a beam of light falling from above. A second doorway glows golden beyond, framed by ancient masonry walls and wooden lintels.
May 20, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon. Walls rising several stories, windows open to sky at every level. Hard not to think about who looked out of them centuries ago.

Thanks for taking a moment to look.

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An upward-looking photograph of the interior corner of a multi-story stone ruin at Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico, showing multiple window openings with wooden lintels at different levels, with blue sky visible through them, the ancient sandstone masonry walls rising high above.
May 11, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Bench at Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon. Got low and let the wood grain fill the frame while Beth wandered off shooting with her Z50. Sometimes you find a composition while you’re just sitting around.

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A close-up photograph shot from a low angle along the length of a weathered wooden bench at Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico, showing deep wood grain texture with shallow depth of field causing the far end to blur into the desert background.
May 13, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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My wife and I drove into Chaco Canyon in late April 2024=landscape with the beautiful horses, we slept in our outback with dog. next day on the upper road out, beautiful snow started. It's a magical place with super low light pollution #nationalparks #telescope #chacocanyon #beauty #chacoculture
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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One more week to help protect the Greater Chaco Cultural Landscape from oil and gas development!

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Call to Action: Help Protect the Greater Chaco Cultural Landscape, One of America's Most Endangered Historic Places
Speak up to prevent destructive oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park, a World Heritage Site
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July 22, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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Chaco in the fall
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Chaco Canyon hand painting
November 19, 2024 at 2:04 AM
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Sunlight, Shadow & Stone
By GreyRabbit

Chaco Culture National Historical Park, NM, USA

2023

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Ancient walls, light and shadow. Chaco Culture National Historical Park preserves a major center of ancestral Puebloan culture dating between 850 and 1250 CE. View from inside ancient walls at Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Bright blue skies above. This New Mexico park preserves a major center of ancestral Puebloan culture dating between 850 and 1250 CE. Shadows and sunlight on ancient walls. View from inside ancient building at Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Bright, cloudless blue sky above. This park in New Mexico preserves a major center of ancestral Puebloan culture dating between 850 and 1250 CE.
July 26, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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Info about the Aztec Ruins National Monument at #ChacoCulture. The Aztec Ruins are a Class 2 park under the Clean Air Act, BTW. I assume particulate from mineral mining would be a concern here. There’s also 2 federally listed bat species of concern there.
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Environmental Factors - Aztec Ruins National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
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July 17, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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The Haynie site—a Conservancy preserve—was featured in the summer issue of Preservation Magazine, published by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Read more: buff.ly/paoiXPa

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In Southwest Colorado, Archaeologists Find Key Clues to the Lives of Ancestral People | National Trust for Historic Preservation
Careful research into layers in the landscape reveals information that relates to the modern-day world.
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August 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Trump plan to allow drilling near US world heritage site sparks alarm | National parks | The Guardian

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/20/trump-oil-drilling-world-heritage-site-new-mexico pueblo bonito
August 25, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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This is the most egregious offense to our global heritage. Chaco contains the wisdom of ancestors that the oil industry seems to want for our self immolation. I hope we can save it. Get the word out we have 2 weeks apparently. #savechaco #chacocanyon #chacoculture
kellylynnedang.bsky.social Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · Jul 16
Please blow up the public comment (included below):

BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development
July 18, 2026 at 5:04 PM