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Multimedia Presentations
 
Welcome to the new Big Bend video podcast page. Check back over the next year as we offer more and more videos on various Big Bend subjects.

Big Bend Geology is an excerpt from the Land of Contrasts video available from the Park Bookstore. Videos were produced with the help of Friends of Big Bend National Park who raised funding to purchase a multimedia Apple workstation so rangers could create these video podcasts for you.

Video 1:
2010 Sublett Fire Podcast (4:40 in length)
HD Version (125MB)
iPhone Version (30MB)

Video 2:
Big Bend Geology
(3 minutes 45 seconds)[18MB Quicktime file]

Video 3:
Burro Mesa Pouroff Flash Flood (3:00)
WMV 37MB

Video 4:
On November 9, 2009 a black bear was heard rustling around at the Chisos Basin Amphitheater near the campground. Ranger David Yim investigated. He found a juvenile black bear rooting around for bugs in a sotol plant. The following is a short compilation of video clips showing that bear exhibiting typical foraging behavior.

Black Bear Video (3 minutes 30 seconds)[20MB Quicktime file]

 
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View from the tunnel

Did You Know?
The tunnel two miles north of Rio Grande Village in Big Bend National Park was built in 1959 to reroute traffic away from a stretch of road known as "Dead Man Curve." This was the first highway tunnel built in the state of Texas.
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Last Updated: May 30, 2011 at 12:25 MST