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PALM DESERT - Rays Of The Gold And Grays [FULL ALBUM] 2025

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4⭐ Fortynine Palms Oasis, Joshua Tree CA
https://www.trailspotting.com/2025/12/fortynine-palms-oasis-joshua-tree-ca.html
The trail leads visitors to one of the park's hidden refuges - an oasis of California fan palm trees and other succulent desert flora tucked into a canyon where hummingbirds dart among the greenery and quail scatter across the ground.

#Desert #JoshuaTree #NPS #NationalParks #California #Hiking #Trails #Trees #Oasis #Outdoors #Nature #Walking #RoadTrip #Blog

A desert oasis with tall palm trees clustered among rocky terrain and sparse shrubs, set against arid hills and a partly cloudy sky.

A hiker in a red jacket and black pants walks away from the camera along a rocky desert trail flanked by steep canyon walls of pale stone. Sparse desert shrubs and a cluster of tall palm trees rise from the canyon floor ahead, contrasting with the arid terrain. The clear blue sky above enhances the sense of openness and isolation in this rugged oasis landscape.

A desert landscape featuring a prominent barrel cactus in the foreground, nearly spherical and densely covered in long, reddish spines that curve outward. The cactus sits among dry grasses and low, scattered shrubs typical of arid terrain. Behind it, rocky hills rise gently under a partly cloudy sky, with muted earth tones and sparse vegetation suggesting a southwestern U.S. desert environment. The scene highlights the cactus’s adaptive form and coloration, contrasting its vivid spines against the subdued backdrop.

A desert oasis nestled in rocky terrain features a dense cluster of tall California fan palm trees (Washingtonia filifera) with shaggy, skirted fronds. The palms rise from a sandy basin surrounded by large, sunlit boulders and rugged, arid mountains under a cloudless blue sky.

Desert water 😍
Red Rock Canyon State Park, California
#desert #Nature #exploring #outdoors #outside #California

"I didn't like anything. Maybe I was afraid. That was it - I was afraid. I wanted to sit alone in a room with the shades down. I feasted upon that. I was a crank. I was a lunatic."
~ Charles Bukowski
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#redrocks #nevada
#outdoors #nature #hiking #gothefuckoutside #desert #quote #nature #wanderer #wandering #exploration #explorer #goexplore #geology

Candy Mountain / Benton County, Wash., USA; traditional territory of the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla nations / Original 360° photos at https://www.southernminnesotaguy.com
#Insta360 #tinyplanet #WashingtonState #nature #desert #hiking #TriCities

A desert mountain hiking trail scene from the Tri-Cities area of eastern Washington State under clear blue skies.

Northern Nevada rock imagery.

(Note: The preferred term, at least by the five tribe Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition in the Four Corners region, is now "rock imagery." We no longer call it "art" as we have no idea what was in the mind of the person when they drew the pictograph or petroglyph images. Please be respectful when visiting cultural sites, prehistoric or modern.)

#VisitWithRespect #Archaeology #Art #Desert #Sunset #Landscape #Photography #Darktable

A color landscape photo of a petroglyph and a desert sunset. A large frame filling boulder occupies the left side of the frame. On the boulder are several petroglyphs. The largest one appears to be a creature with four legs and head and a tail shaped somewhat like an arrow. The other smaller glyphs are simple geometric shapes. The right side of the frame is a desert landscape of sagebrush extending out to a far distant range of mountains on the horizon. The thin strip of sky visible is red and orange with late sunset colors.

Desert Sunrise Through Window Arch — The rising sun casts a warm glow over the desert landscape of Arches National Park. The view is framed by a dramatic sandstone rock formation, creating a striking composition. This iconic view is a popular spot for photographers seeking to capture the beauty of the American Southwest.

#ArchesNationalPark #RockFormation #Sandstone #Warm #Peaceful #Dramatic #Utah #Desert #Sunset #Landscape

Sunrise view through sandstone rock formation in Arches National Park, Utah.

Desert geology.
Red Rock Canyon State Park, California
#desert #nature #geology #California

another bundle of assorted unsorted panorama shots (probably needing a click to expand) for #ThrowbackThursday

#photography #NaturePhotography #panorama #california #socal #desert #lake #sunset

Topanga Canyon CA, May 2020, a long view of the valley from *slightly* up a hill, and what seems to me like an alright example of "working with the land", building cookie cutter communities around and between the trees, mountains & boulders, instead of demolishing & flattening everything.

Woodchuck Basin, June 2020, central California foothills of the Sierra Nevada, a decently-sized lake surrounded by forest, reminiscent of Tahoe, with some distant hills with still just a trace of snow at the top

Stetson Canyon, southern CA, November 2020, late afternoon approaching sunset, a much more "bleached desert" energy, a view down into the valley from slightly above on a hill. The mountains are carved from seismic activity into very distinctive banded formations, populated mostly by grasses and scrub bushes, but as SOON as the elevation flattens, the densely packed geometry of the Simi Valley urban sprawl takes over

Frazier Park CA, September 2021, a stretched view of some of the scrubland and hills, with late afternoon sun just barely out of shot to the right. The desert bushes, both tan and brown, are starting to cast long shadows, and while a few signs of human construction can be spotted here and there, the overall mood is "quiet".

Desert scenery from far West Texas #photography #naturephotography #WestTexas #desert #Pentax

Beside the Rio Grande River in far West Texas alongside Ranch Road 170. There are rocks beside the river and a clear blue sky, with Mexico on the left.

A view of the broken land of Big Bend National Park. A volcanic dike formation called the Mule Ears is just to the left of the center of the image.

Northerner.

The Arizona natives are in full on winter jackets, wool hats, and gloves. Meanwhile, I’m in a hoodie and still wearing shorts.

I guess I’ll always be a northerner in that regard.

It’s current 48°F as I write this.

#desert #life

"Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes."
~ Henry David Thoreau
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#redrocks #nevada
#outdoors #nature #hiking #gothefuckoutside #desert #quote #nature #wanderer #wandering #exploration #explorer #goexplore #geology

No Water 'Round Here
Capitol Reef National Park, UT

#ThrowbackThursday #photo #desert #landscape #Utah

Rusted ruins of an old truck (circa 1940s?) pulling a well drilling rig beside a half-buried rusted steel tank in a sandy plain; a few dead trees on the left; a few bare clay hills in the background; mountains in the distance. Clear blue sky.
©BosqueBill.com

Ocotillo cactus backlit by December morning sun.

#Cacti #Desert #Photography

Photo of an Ocotillo cactus covered in fresh, bright green leaves, backlit by the early morning sun. It's surrounded by arid desert landscape, with a brilliant blue sky overhead.

Candy Mountain / Benton County, Wash., USA; traditional territory of the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla nations / Original 360° photos at https://www.southernminnesotaguy.com
#Insta360 #tinyplanet #WashingtonState #nature #desert #hiking #TriCities

Got ants?

#Desert #Wildlife #Reptiles #Lizard #BlackAndWhite #Photography #Darktable

A black and white closeup photo of a horned lizard's face. The lizard faces toward the left and we see its black left eye. Its mouth is closed and it appears to be looking at the camera lens. It has short horn like structures on the side it its head and neck. It has many different size and shapes of scales on its face and under its mouth. The front legs and feet are seen but they a out of focus while the face is in sharp focus.

#GoodNews #china #reforesting #forest #straw

#Howto start #greening a #desert

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#climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis

Candy Mountain / Benton County, Wash., USA; traditional territory of the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla nations / Original 360° photos at https://www.southernminnesotaguy.com
#Insta360 #tinyplanet #WashingtonState #nature #desert #hiking #TriCities

From the "Things you find in the Desert" files, I bring you this...whatever it might be called?

#Travel #RoadTrip #Art #Desert #BlackAndWhite #Photography #Darktable

A black and white landscape photo of several sun bleached animal skulls (deer, horse, bighorn sheep). The skulls are on the ends of a group of poles that were setup in the shape of a tepee. There's the top of a nearby brush covered mountain in the bottom left background. The sky is particularly dark from processing and the white skulls stand out sharply against the dark sky.

My wife is also a nurse. She also is a an excellent cook. She made Vietnamese coffee flan for her night shift colleagues to ease the 12 hours. And look at that glorious #caramel #nurse #nursinglife #flan #food #desert

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