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  • 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
  • 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
  • Native American culture and history is filled with mystery and spirits, and in the western deserts it's easy to make visual connections with nature and spiritual thoughts through photographic imagery. Sometimes, spiritual renewal comes from the combination of natural miracles of the creation heightened by the effort required to find it. After three days of living in the desert during winter (with all of the attendant privations of discomfort and fatigue), I came upon this location while searching for something else. The eye is drawn to the point of greatest contrast on the brightly lit bluffs in the distance, but the real discovery is much closer. Being alone and unhurried allows for discernment and contemplation, and allows for a much richer experience.
    Eagle Spirit Rock
  • 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
  • Standing tall and full, this Joshua tree holds firm in its own clearing following an overnight winter storm.
    King Joshua in monochrome
  • The sandstone wilderness of the southwestern deserts makes a perfect destination for a wandering photographer. Ancient sand dunes, frozen in time time now rise in sloping forms of distinctive shape, line and texture. Both physically challenging and mentally renewing at the same time, isolation allows one to focus and recharge the creative powers.
    Sandstone Nation
  • This view of Watchman Peak and the Virgin River is a classic western image. Along with a million other photographers, I have stopped on the bridge in the middle of Zion National Park on every trip I've ever made through the canyon. This one is my personal favorite. Made in deepest, darkest January, the inclination of the sun is low and far to the south, illuminating the ridge with mellow sunset and warming the distant Eagle Crags with a surrounding cape of snow.
    The Virgin and the Watchman
  • No words other than: 'All the glory to God.'
    God's Promise at Red Rock - Out of t..torm
  • This graceful small waterfall adds a point of interest below the opening of the Narrows of the Virgin River in Zion National Park. Named for Gary Edward Adams, it is a location that he frequently photographed in large format black and white film during the 1980-90's. He was a master of his chosen art.
    Gary's Waterfall, Zion NP, Utah
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia)
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  • 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
  • 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
  • With a grand scale of contrast, Schwabacher's Pond on the Snake River is usually presented in color photographs. Here, the natural grand scale of contrast deserves a monochrome version.
    Schwabacher Pond, Grand Teton NP
  • The American West is home to many dune systems, none more appealing than those found in Death Valley National Park.
    The Power Curve
  • The evening primroses in the desert are often found along with sand verbena and other blooming annuals.
    California Evening Primrose (Oenothe..ica)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
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  • 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)
  • 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
  • Classic Fall color scenes always evoke a mix of excitement along with urgency - winter is coming. A little while longer, rich color and amazement fill the heart regarding what the Creator has crafted for us to enjoy.
    Oaks in Autumn-Maine
  • 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
  • Desert Aster - Mojave desert. A favorite and reliable arrival when winter leaves the desert for the year.
    Desert Aster
  • There's something wistful about aspens that are just a day past peak color. Clustered on the high slopes of Timber Creek, these aspens flare in brief glory before the winds of winter. This steep and beautiful side canyon affords solitude and rejuvenation to a camera-carrying traveler. The Schell Creek Mountain Range is home to a large and rambling spruce, fir, and aspen forest. This is a great place to escape to for urban refugees. Call on your Boy Scout training if you go: water, fuel, spare tires, food, good boots and a warm woolen blanket. And a sharp pocket knife.
    Timber Canyon, Success Loop, White P...jpg
  • Zion shedding winter
  • Winter's Gold