As the earth slowly rotates, the early morning sun creeps over the Silver City Mountain Range, New Mexico. The hazy blue mountains, combined with the warm glow of sunlight makes quite a memorable view. The distant Pinos Altos Range features Black Peak, at 9,025 feet.
These two mountain ranges make up New Mexico's southern portion of the continental divide. In the United States the divide begins at Glacier National Park, Montana, in the north and travels well over 1,600 miles south, through Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona.