Sunset Over the Rio Grande Valley

About twenty minutes before sunset. Because of the clouds I had hoped for more spectacular color in the western sky, but it didn't quite happen.

Notice the tethered blimp hovering between the two prominent palm trees at the left. It's "Big Brother's" eye in the sky. It keeps watch over the Valley from Mission, TX to Sullivan City.

A ground crew maintains the blimp and keeps an eye on the monitors 24 hours a day, every day. This part of the Texas border is a high traffic area for illegal immigrants.