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The Wild West

Photos depicting the rangelands of Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado.
Kiley Williams, Photojournalist
February 21, 2025

February 21, 2025/Midnight

Untamed Herds: A wild mare with her foal wandering among the sagebrush in the search for good feed. (Kiley Williams)

 

Golden Peaks: The golden sunset illuminates the sagebrush, pine trees, and the distant snowy-capped mountains. (Kiley Williams)

 

Reminders of the living: A sun-bleached skull of a bull elk, broken and forgotten resting on the desert sand. (Kiley Williams)

 

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Night Skies: Sleeping under the stars or cowboy camping with a full moon and bright twinkling stars. (Kiley Williams)

 

A cowboy’s best friend: A pair of chestnut horses swatting off flies in a wheat field. (Kiley Williams)

 

Sandy Ridges: The beautiful sandy landscape with deep ridges dotted with small junipers. (Kiley Williams)

 

Rowdy wildlife: A herd of large mule deer bucks in velvet moving to a comfortable and safe place to bed down for the day. (Kiley Williams)

 

Speed Goats: The timeless sight of pronghorn antelope on the range land. They are the fastest land mammals in North America and often can be seen racing around in the grasslands. (Kiley Williams)

 

Grand Rock Formations: A classic landscape of the Wild West on Ghost Ranch. The sharp rock face provides a beautiful gradient of honey, white, and sienna. (Kiley Williams)

 

The Heart of the Rangeland: A herd of heifers lazily standing in the flat rangeland, the brand on the cream cow is used for ranchers to identify their cows. (Kiley Williams)

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Kiley Williams
Kiley Williams, Photographer
Kiley Williams is this academic years Photographer for The Gannon Knight. Kiley is a junior biology major from St. Mary’s PA. A fun fact about Kiley is that she can drive a forklift.