2020 in Photos

Revisit the photographs that caught our eye this year.

Our favorite photographs from 2020 helped us witness the wonders of Texas from within our four walls. They transported us to glowing sunsets and introduced us to new faces. Here are the 24 photographs that best represent the year we've had.

By TH Staff

August

"It’s a Small-Town World, After All"

Photo by E. Dan Klepper

October

"A Golden Moment on the Guadalupe River"

Photo by Theresa DiMenno

November

"Meet the First African American to Walk in Space"

Photo by Nathan Lindstrom

A caver ascends out of Punkin Cave Bob Cates at the XIT Ranch Fireworks over Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, Trinity River, Dallas, Texas, USA Football placer ices his foot on the sideline Field of pink wildflowers Photographer cools off in the water at Big Bend's Loot Camp Segulls take to the sky at Bolicar Peninsula Two people explore Cave Without a Name in Boerne CHISOS PANORAMA FROM BUENOS AIRES CAMPSITE, RIVER ROAD WEST, BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK Moon and sunset at Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site, El Paso, Texas A caver ascends out of Punkin Cave View from the San Jacinto Monument in La Porte Swimmer in Barton Springs Pool, Austin, Texas Three surfers head into the water at South Padre Island The Quince swimming hole in Camp Wood. The view of the Rio Grande and Arroyo del Tule from Burro Bluff Brackettville cowboy Pedro Serrano rides up Ranch Road 674 on his horse, Reyna Messina Hoff Winery in Bryan, TX A man isits in a barbershop in Comfort, Texas Sunset at Jamaica Beach, Galveston Island State Park Black and white photo of the chapel of St. Basil Orange foliage at Gruene's Guadalupe River Portrait of Bernard Harris A Coryell County farmer in 1931 reads a newspaper outside Autumn sunrise at Santa Elena Canyon

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