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  • With the Sheep Range far in the distance, sunlight on fresh snow highlights this Joshua tree forest in the Spring Mountain Range.
    Joshua Forest in the Spring Mountain..ange
  • Layers of richly colored sky and mountain ranges are a literal symbol of the desert in the American West. This Spring Mountain sunset glows with last light at sundown in the image made during the visit of the comet NEOWISE in 2020.
    Spring Mountain Sunset
  • Delicate white blossoms of the Dune Evening Primrose appear after sundown as they begin to release their fragrance to attract pollinators. The evening primroses are often found along with sand verbena and other blooming annuals.
    Night Blooms
  • When winter hands off to spring with just the right conditions, seeds from wildflower annuals soften their coats, swell and germinate after having waited sometimes for years. Then the miracle of renewal occurs and the desert blooms in glory for a few wonderful weeks.
    Wildflowers near the Cottonwood Trai..e NP
  • The Desert Star blooms in the early spring wave of annual wildflowers, preferring open sandy soil with gentle drainage. They're darn cute and in the category of 'belly flowers.'
    Desert Star (Monoptilon Bellioides)
  • When winter hands off to spring with just the right conditions, seeds from wildflower annuals soften their coats, swell and germinate after having waited sometimes for years. Then the miracle of renewal occurs and the desert blooms in glory for a few wonderful weeks.
    Wildflowers in Joshua Tree NP
  • 'Mariposa Deco' - photographed in the Mojave desert by Mark Andrews - during the 2019 spring bloom. This small, miraculous flower grows a single slender leaf from a bulb in rough soil, and blooms with delicate lavender petals.
    Mariposa Deco (Mariposa Deco (Caloch..ily)
  • Always the first 'gold' found in the desert every spring, the Mojave Gold Poppy opens early when first lit by sunlight, lasting until the end of day.
    Golden Arches - Mojave Gold Poppy (E..rma)
  • Cholla 1
  • This view is one of the morning after an overnight snow storm in harsh, desert wilderness and an awakening to a new day at sunrise. There's more though; this is a remarkable collision of land forms and desert use areas just north of Las Vegas. Visible in the frame ( and in the photographer's view all around) are portions of the following: Nellis AFB bombing and gunnery range, Southern Nevada Paiute reservation lands, the Sheep mountain range, the Spring Mountain range, the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, the Desert View Environmental Recreation Area, the desert combat training facility, the Three Lakes Valley and the US Highway 95 corridor.
    After the Storm
  • After an all night snow storm, morning sun breaks free and sheds warm light on this Joshua tree stand of the Mojave desert. This much precipitation means a more vigorous spring and early recovery from winter dormancy.
    Winter Glory in the Desert
  • Mojave rattlesnake, Crotalus scutulatus<br />
Look closely and you'll see a bulging belly. This rattler is well-fed on spring game in the Mojave desert.
    Mojave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus)
  • Spanish Bayonets (Yucca baccata) in the Joshua tree forest, guarding the way of the trees in the Spring Mountain range, Mt. Charleston foothills. Joshuas (in the background) typically prefer sloped elevations of 3800-6000 feet, while the yucca prefers elevations from 2800-5000 feet. Joshua trees are not really trees; rather another form of yucca (Yucca brevifolia).
    Spanish Bayonets (Yucca baccata) in ..rest
  • This old growth Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) seems to command his own courtyard of open space in the Joshua tree forest of the Spring Mountain range, Nevada.
    King Joshua
  • Peace in Kolob<br />
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This image of a wheat field in mid-spring on the Kolob Plateau of southern Utah was made on legacy 4x5 color transparency film. Imagine the sense of peace at sunset when not a breath of wind stirred the delicate stalks. Meanwhile the camera shutter whirred away at f/64 for 3 seconds - I love that sound. To a large format photographer, having worked at setting up a folding wooden field camera, reading a light meter, making all the adjustments while viewing the image upside down and backwards on ground glass, that whirring shutter sound itself is the satisfying reward for all the labor and patience. Digital is the new king, but oh how sweet the days of film were when rich colors of a scene like this could be found and created on 4-inch by 5-inch film masters.
    Peace in Kolob
  • Joshua trees stand at the lower altitude edge of their range, and at the edge of Three Lakes Valley. The valley is named for what are pretty much just mythical lakes, now. This area is at the northern end of Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, where wooly mammoths once roamed lush wetlands during the Pleistocene epoch. The Pintwater mountain range is in the distance. The pastel colors are cast on the scene by a thin morning cloud cover over the valley which softens the contrast and evenly illuminates details in shadow while muting highlights that would otherwise be glaring in their strength.
    Joshua Tree Stand
  • No words other than: 'All the glory to God.'
    God's Promise at Red Rock - Out of t..torm
  • Widow's Milkvetch, Astragalus Layneae
    Widow's Milkvetch, Astragalus Layneae
  • Indian Paintbrush, Castilleja angustifolia
    Indian Paintbrush, Castilleja angust..olia
  • This lone and proud bloom stands in a sandy wash in the mountains of the Mojave Desert. Fresh flooding that disturbs the sand encourages germination and a chance for the plant to grow without competition.
    Desert Chicory (Rafinesquia Neomexicana)
  • Pray for Peace and hope to all today . . . <br />
Matthew 26:28 ". . . Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:<br />
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these."
    Peace and Hope
  • The evening primroses in the desert are often found along with sand verbena and other blooming annuals.
    Evening Primrose and Purple Sand Verbena
  • The evening primroses in the desert are often found along with sand verbena and other blooming annuals.
    Primrose Curves
  • The evening primroses in the desert are often found along with sand verbena and other blooming annuals.
    California Evening Primrose (Oenothe..ica)
  • This small community of Mojave and Joshua Yucca along with native sage and shrubs live in a small arroyo. The drainage channels extra water for the plants living along the slope; deep roots extend down under the sand and rock to bring water to the plants. The storm of the previous night breaks in the background with morning light illuminating the scene.
    Yucca in the Arroyo
  • Zebra-tailed Lizard (Callisaurus draconoides)<br />
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Typically skittering across sandy spaces and taking cover under brush, this lizard often lifts its tail when at rest so that a predator will try to catch its detachable tail rather than its body. This one has also lifted its toes both fore and aft in preparation for a high-lifted run for safety.
    Zebra-tailed Lizard (Callisaurus dra..des)
  • The American West is home to many dune systems, none more appealing than those found in Death Valley National Park.
    The Power Curve
  • Standing tall and full, this Joshua tree holds firm in its own clearing following an overnight winter storm.
    King Joshua in monochrome
  • Cereus cactus bloom
    Cereus 1
  • Dune evening primrose, 10:00am
  • Freedom in the Wester Desert - monochrome
    Freedom in the Wester Desert - monoc..rome
  • Desert Aster - Mojave desert. A favorite and reliable arrival when winter leaves the desert for the year.
    Desert Aster
  • Looking almost like a painted Hollywood backdrop, the Pintwater range and Three Lakes Valley provide a background for dawn's early light in the Mojave desert. An overnight snowstorm - rare for this territory - comes once a decade.
    Mojave Winter Dawn
  • Soft lifting clouds cover the Pintwater range in the Mojave desert of southern Nevada. After a windless overnight snowstorm, morning light filters through low clouds to kiss the snow with a touch of rose pink coloration. The mountains in the distance have an interesting dual citizenship status; they are inside the Desert National Wildlife Refuge which is inside the Nellis AFB bombing and gunnery range. That means you can look at those mountains, but you can't go there.
    Desert Rose Morning
  • The Sentinel - standing watch in sage and yucca in the Toiyabe National Forest (part of the Desert View Natural Recreation Area), Nevada. This Joshua Tree has stood for a long time. Although it's hard to date them because they have no annual growth rings, this one may be 250-400 years old. It has the look of experience in a harsh environment and seems to know the ways of the desert.
    The Sentinel
  • Lucky day to get snow across basin and range country in the Mojave desert. You'll see this only about once in every decade - ankle deep snow where in the summer it's 115 degrees F.
    Three Lakes Valley, Nevada
  • The ridge of a Mojave desert mountain range and its alluvial slope rising before it look like frozen surf and icebergs rushing forward to wash over a Joshua tree forest on the desert floor. A storm of this intensity, and its peaceful warming sun at dawn are a rare sight in the Mojave desert.
    Frozen - Desert Icebergs
  • October 2014
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  • Virgin River sunset, Gold Butte Territory<br />
Historic and beautiful Gold Butte is bounded on the west by the Virgin River, slowly meandering through the Mormon Mesa in northern Clark County. Water is the lifeblood of the western desert and in this image, that flowing life reflects a brilliant sunset in the spring of the year. Home to desert tortoises, coyote, quail, road runners, petroglyphs and the elusive but well-adapted Bundy cattle herd, miners, hunters, hikers and photographers now freely roam the fascinating geology of the desert range.
    Virgin River sunset, Gold Butte Terr..tory
  • Literally 30 seconds after making this exposure, lightning stuck where my tripod had stood. When the monsoonal flows come to the Mojave desert in southern Nevada, storms like this spring up frequently and with little warning. This image (a single exposure) displayed all the mighty power that nature can bring, with sheets of rain, multiple bolts and deafening thunder. Thirty mile-per-hour wind drove the storm directly at me while I set up my gear and tested the exposure, then began making exposures to capture the action. Never underestimate the power of nature . . . and always be prepared.
    Power From on High
  • Ward, Nevada charcoal ovens by starlight, October 2014
    Green Spring ranch cottonwoods, Nevada
  • Sierran shootingstar, (Dodecatheon j..ains