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There was a proliferation of wildflowers in March 2017 in northwestern Baja California after the prodigious rains of the preceding winter. The 100 km stretch of desert between El Rosario and Cataviña exploded with at least 50 species of wildflowers in such abundance as to cover entire hillsides and valleys with swaths of color. In this photo, there are flowering California encelia bushes (Encelia californica) and several cardón cacti (Pachycereus pringlei) and boojum trees (Fouquieria columnaris).
Blue sky and clouds above the boulders in Joshua Tree National Park California.
Jumping Cholla cactus and yellow desert wildflowers in the Salt River management area near Scottsdale Arizona United States
A single flower of the endemic Chilean Cactus (Echinopsis chiloensis), in the Andes of central Chile
Saguaros and prickly pear cactus thrive in a field in the Verde Valley in Tonto National Forest
Golden Barrel
A rare snow with Joshua Trees.
Red Rock Canyon National Recreation Area long exposure
Infrared black and white image Sonora desert in central Arizona USA
Early morning light shining on new spring grasses and flowers along Grafton Road below South Mesa in Rockville Utah
Plethora of cardon and smaller cacti on Baja California peninsula in Mexico
The saguaro, Carnegiea gigantea, is a tree-like cactus species in the monotypic genus Carnegiea that can grow to be over 40 feet tall. It is native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona. Sonoran Desert, Arizona.
Harris Hawk on Saguaro Cactus
Close up of cactus
Cholla Cacti in Joshua Tree National Park
Saguaro cactus forest in the Sonoran Desert near Phoenix, Arizona
a scenic winter landscape in Chiricahua National Monument Arizona
California landscape on the road from Los Angeles to Las Vegas
Salt River Arizona recreation area, Desert Mountains, east of Phoenix Arizona
Los Alamos, NM: Sunlit Rocky Cliff/Mesa/Canyon, Agave Foreground
Sunset in the Spitzkoppe area in Namibia
Joshua Trees in Mojave Desert in Joshua Tree National Park, California.
Impression of an early morning sunrise in Joshua Tree national park on an early winter morning.
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Joshua tree in Mojave Desert in Joshua Tree National Park in California, USA
A beautiful sunset over a field in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Lee Pass Trailhead Sign In Zion National Park
Water is a scarce resource in the desert Southwest. In the early 1900's cattle ranchers, needing a natural water source, built a catch basin in this high desert area of California to capture rainfall and runoff. Later, a dam was built here by the Barker and Shay Cattle Company to expand the reservoir. Because of insufficient rainfall in the area, cattle ranching was a short lived enterprise. Today, Barker Reservoir in Joshua National Park, California is a quiet oasis, providing water and shelter for desert animals and migrating birds.
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