Star Struck<br>- Texas ImpressionsTexas dynamics are such that its peers are more likely to be found on a world map than on a regional one. In economics, size, population, and influence The Lone Star State is in fact a world leader. Nature's magnificence in the the great state is no different. From the Gulf Coast through wide coastal plains upward to handsome earth and rock undulations of the Hill Country, Texas slowly mesmerizes. Moving on, mile by long mile you're enticed through

Chihuahuan charisma offers seemingly endless desert delights

A real Sonoran desert oasis complete with palm trees and a spring

Water originating in the Two Oceans Plateau of Wyoming forms part of the Snake River

With eyes fixed on its intentions a coyote accelerates as it moves swiftly through the grasses

A panda face is the object of a beam of light in its forested habitat

from rugged Maine coastlines to the Kansas heartland

A lone Oryx gently plods along beneath mammoth ruddy sand dunes in Namibia

The little city of Sedona

below the Teton Range  water en route to Jackson Hole hesitates long enough to mirror the mountain peaks

Arizona maintains a singular identity

A perfect national-interest gift for the holidays

The sculpted temples date back a thousand years