In the foreground, the brush and grass are a wintry brown. In the middle distance, a large but ruined stone church rises from the landscape. Far behind are the Manzano Mountains. Above them all, a blue sky with wisps of cloud.
The mission church at the Tiguex village of Quarai was completed in 1632. The villagers left in 1675, due to drought combined with Apache attacks, and moved to the Rio Grande Valley. Photo taken on March 5, 2025.
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