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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.

Blue sky and clouds above the boulders in Joshua Tree National Park California.

A rare snow with Joshua Trees.

Aerial view in the Valley of Fire, Nevada, USA. Seen in the evening at summer.

Sunset in the Spitzkoppe area in Namibia

Full length shot of a young woman hiking in the mountains

Jumping Cholla cactus and yellow desert wildflowers in the Salt River management area near Scottsdale Arizona United States

Red Rock Canyon National Recreation Area long exposure

Western Iberian ibex, Capra pyrenaica subsp. victoriae. Photo taken in La Pedriza, Guadarrama Mountains National Park, Madrid, Spain

Early morning light shining on new spring grasses and flowers along Grafton Road below South Mesa in Rockville Utah

Queensland, Australia

The Grand Tetons, part of the Teton Range in northwestern Wyoming, was formed over millions of years through tectonic activity, these mountains were further sculpted by glacial erosion. The history of Grand Teton National Park, established in 1929, is intertwined with early Native American presence, fur trading, and conservation efforts spearheaded by figures like John D. Rockefeller Jr.

An amazing view of a huge rock balanced above the ground by three large vertical pointed rocks. Joshua Tree National Park, California.

Close up of cactus

A rocky outcrop is a perfect lookout over Belle valley in the Mojave Desert of California

Los Alamos, NM: Sunlit Rocky Cliff/Mesa/Canyon, Agave Foreground

Impression of an early morning sunrise in Joshua Tree national park on an early winter morning.

A black and white of a Joshua Tree in the desert.

Saguaros and prickly pear cactus thrive in a field in the Verde Valley in Tonto National Forest

Joshua Tree National Park, in southeastern California. It is named for the Joshua trees native to the park, it is part of the Mojave and Colorado desert.

The Vast Sonora desert in central Arizona USA on a early Spring morning

Two of the most striking features of the Mojave Desert in the American Southwest are the pillowy shaped rock formations and the strange looking plants that surround them. Heat and pressure over thousands of years transformed sedimentary rock into an entirely new kind of rock called gneiss. The Mojave Yucca (Yucca schidigera) Is also known as the Spanish Dagger because of its sharp spiny leaves. These Mojave Yucca were photographed at the Split Rock area in Joshua Tree National Park, California.

Lee Pass Trailhead Sign In Zion National Park

Early morning landscape in the Alabama Hills of California

a scenic winter landscape in Chiricahua National Monument Arizona

This is a horizontal, color, royalty free stock photograph of a scenic sunset at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park in the Arizona, USA travel destination. Photographed in February with a Nikon D800 DSLR camera.

A beautiful sunset over a field in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Joshua Trees in Mojave Desert in Joshua Tree National Park, California.

Salt River Arizona recreation area, Desert Mountains, east of Phoenix Arizona

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