Malapai Hill, Geology Tour Road, Joshua Tree National Park
The twin peaks of Malapai Hill rise about 400 feet above the valley floor. The black basalt that composes the hill is … click the photo for more information …
Malapai Hill
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Big Dune
Casa del Desierto
Every Desert Site needs a Picture of One of These!
Needles – Topock, Az.
Tonopah, Nevada
A Quick Tour of the Mojave
The Whole Mojave A-Z
The Mojave High Desert is one desert rather than a series of separate entities- That we are the same through the diversity that binds us. By becoming aware of our combined identity, we may be able to appreciate, and better understand issues affecting our Mojave Desert on a holistic level. In this presentation we meander back and forth across the Mojave Desert in photographs to illustrate this concept.
Furnace Creek Sunrise
The Basketmaker of the Desert
By MARY BEAL
Nearly every desert visitor knows Evening Primrose—but not all of them know that the white-ribbed “baskets” so often found rooted in the sand are the dried stalks of this lovely white flower which blossoms at night and takes a siesta when the sun comes out….Continued Here