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Zapata Falls in its dark rock cleft

Fig. 1Zapata Falls in its dark rock cleft

Photo: Andrew Russell · CC BY 2.0

Landform

A hidden fall in a dark rock cleft at the foot of the Sangres — a separate plate from the dune field.

Field note

The walk ends in a wet cleft. The water is a silk rope in the dark. This is Zapata, not the sand sea and not the Sangre wall.

A private leaf

Prints from Zapata Falls

Instant paper, this copy only. Write on the white — a line the walk still owes you.

The prints

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The nearest plates, by the miles.

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