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Atop a rocky outcrop above Malpais Spring, I notice a lizard near my feet, who thinks I don't notice him

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6467-malpais-spring.jpg I climb up the hill above the slot canyon and look back down into the area above Malpais SpringThumbnailsThe walls of Malpais Spring canyon are less tall as it rises up to meet the highlandsI climb up the hill above the slot canyon and look back down into the area above Malpais SpringThumbnailsThe walls of Malpais Spring canyon are less tall as it rises up to meet the highlandsI climb up the hill above the slot canyon and look back down into the area above Malpais SpringThumbnailsThe walls of Malpais Spring canyon are less tall as it rises up to meet the highlandsI climb up the hill above the slot canyon and look back down into the area above Malpais SpringThumbnailsThe walls of Malpais Spring canyon are less tall as it rises up to meet the highlandsI climb up the hill above the slot canyon and look back down into the area above Malpais SpringThumbnailsThe walls of Malpais Spring canyon are less tall as it rises up to meet the highlands

...but I do notice him, and take several photos while he stands still, perfectly camouflaged. I don't eat lizard, so he doesn't have much to worry about. Maybe he knows that.