Texas in pictures

The lone star state has been scoring highly on ‘top destination’ lists recently. Cities like Austin and Houston are buzzing as artists, musicians and entrepreneurs thrive. And its wide open spaces, home to  cowboys, mountains and wildflower meadows are ripe for exploring (Texas is the size of a whole country in itself). Road trip anyone? We chose some of our favourite photos of Texas from our archive.

A young cowgirl carries a Texas flag while riding across green fields (Aurora Photos/Robert Harding)

A young cowgirl carries a Texas flag while in a full gallop on horseback riding on the horizon with blue sky and green fields.

 

High angle view of a river running through rocks, Rio Grande, Big Bend National Park (Panoramic Images/Robert Harding)

High angle view of a river running through rocks, Rio Grande, Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA

Houston office blocks by dusk (age fotostock/Robert Harding)

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Early morning sunrise against a field of Texas bluebonnets (age fotostock/Robert Harding)

Early morning sunrise against a field of Texas bluebonnets, Lupininus texensis, Texas, USA

Cowboy portrait in the evening light (Aurora Photos/Robert Harding)

Cowboy Portrait

Country road towards a mountain, Fort Davis (Eye Ubiquitous/Robert Harding)

Country road toward mountain, Fort Davis, Texas, United States of America

Big Texan Steak Ranch, Historic Route 66, Amarillo (Richard Cummins/Robert Harding)

Big Texan Steak Ranch, Historic Route 66, Amarillo, Texas, United States of America, North America

Cowboys and long horn cows herd, Fort-Worth (age fotostock/Robert Harding)

Cowboys and long horn cows herd, Fort-Worth, Texas, USA

White Ibis at Galveston Bay near, Smith Point (National Geographic/Robert Harding)

White Ibis at Galveston Bay near, Smith Point, Texas

A woman sits on a porch in Rockport (Aurora Photos/Robert Harding)

ROCKPORT, TEXAS, USA. A woman wearing a pink floppy hat talks with another man while sitting on a porch with her bike in front of an historic home.

El Capitan Peak and the western escarpment of the Guadalupe Mountains (age fotostock/Robert Harding)

El Capitan Peak and the western escarpment of the Guadalupe Mountains Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas

Austin skyline at night (age fotostock/Robert Harding)

2010 Austin skyline, Texas

A young boy with a flock of seagulls on a beach, Rockport (Aurora Photos/Robert Harding)

ROCKPORT, TEXAS, USA. A young boy tosses bread into the air for a flock of seagulls on a beach.

A hotel that looks like a lighthouse at dusk, Rockport (Aurora Photos/Robert Harding)

ROCKPORT, TEXAS, USA. A hotel that looks like a lighthouse at dusk.

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