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One of the trail's twelve stations of the cross, part of the Via Dolorosa. Sunland Park, western El Paso, and the Franklin Mountains are in the background.
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One of the trail's shrines, this one to the Virgin of Fatima. It is kept locked on non-event days. In the distance, the border fence can be seen crawling up the mesa, marking the international boundary.
View of the Franklin Mountains and the valley.
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Brendan Ross
Dec 31, 2015 near Sunland Park, NM
“One of the trail's twelve stations of the cross, part of the Via Dolorosa. Sunland Park, western El Paso, and the Franklin Mountains are in the background.”  

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One of the trail's twelve stations of the cross, part of the Via Dolorosa. Sunland Park, western El Paso, and the Franklin Mountains are in the background.
View of the Franklin Mountains and the valley.
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One of the trail's shrines, this one to the Virgin of Fatima. It is kept locked on non-event days. In the distance, the border fence can be seen crawling up the mesa, marking the international boundary.
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