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  • USA; California; San Diego.  Desert Star Wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
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  • I took this close up photo of a single Sand Verbena growing on a desert dune in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  The solitaire desert plant has three print pink wildflowers growing from the dry desert.
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  • I hiked up on the hillside to photograph these desert mountain wildflowers in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.  This Sonoran Desert springtime landscape with it's mix of cacti and glowing wildflowers stand out from the dark canyon wall.
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  • USA; California; San Diego.  Desert Sunflower and Cracked Mud  in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
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  • Juxtaposition photos in the desert is something that I search out for like these Desert Poppies Growing From Cracked Mud in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  The bright yellow wildflowers grow from the abstract barren landscape.
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  • This back lit smoke tree in the desert made for a great subject in my photo taken in the badlands of Anza Borrego Desert State Park. The lowing gray and orange arid plant stand out for the dark canyon wall.
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  • To make the Arizona desert wildflowers glow in my photo of the backlit springtime desert, I took my picture just as the sun had risen over a mountain.   The mountain shadow helped to separate the glowing cacti from the dark background.
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  • USA; California; San Diego.  Wolly Daisy and Phacelia Wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park
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  • USA; California; San Diego.  Desert Sunflower and Sand Verbena Wildflowers in the Desert
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  • USA; California; San Diego.  Desert Lily Wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
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  • USA; California; San Diego.  Desert Sand Verbena Wildflowers and Cholla in the in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
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  • I got to see and photograph this once-in-a-liftime bloom of a Desert Lily forest at the Dumont Dunes in the Mojave Desert.  This amazing and rare cluster grew with the help of heavy El Nino rains.
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  • I used my 4x5 large format view camera to get the intimate detail of the Arizona desert wildflowers in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.  My photo shows the Sonoran Desert ecosystem in a 100 year bloom of wildflower covering the desert floor at the base of the Ajo Mountains.
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  • USA; California; San Diego.  Sand Verbena and Dune Primrose in Anza Borrego Desert State Park
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  • USA; California; San Diego.  Sand Verbena and Dune Primrose in Anza Borrego Desert State Park
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  • I hiked through the arid desert to take this photo of Desert Poppy wildflowers growing from cracked mud in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  My image shows the juxtaposition of a yellow flowering plant and the stark cracks from the dried earth.
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  • I photographed this scenic desert landscape with Agave Flower in Anza Borrego Desert State Park with my large format sheet film camera.  The yellow century plant flower is stunning against the harsh arid landscape.
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  • I hiked through the arid landscape with my 4x5 large format view camera to shoot sheet film of Arizona desert wildflowers at sunrise.  The sun rays over the Ajo Mountains with a cactus and vibrant wildflowers in the foreground made it all worth it for this high resolution photo.
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  • I used backlight in my photo of the glowing desert cacti which shows the desert ecosystem of cholla and barrel cactus along with ocotillo plants. This scenic landscape photo was photographed with my large format 4x5 view camera for super detail
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  • Heavy winter rains made for my photograph of the Arizona desert in springtime in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.  The various desert plants and cacti show the Sonoran Desert ecosystem and the diversity of the arid landscape.
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  • I came in close with my 4x5 camera to get this detailed photo of a rare Desert Lily in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. This inspiring wildflower rises from the desert sand with a soft focused mountain range in the background,.  The bright white flower sits in a bed of pink flowers with a sky blue sky.
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  • USA; California; Desert Five Spot Wildflower in Death Valley National Park
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  • I hiked through the desert to find and photograph this Dune Primrose abstract photo.  in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  Early morning light makes the wildflowers glowers as they grow out of the cracked mud in the desert.
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  • A wanted the perfect Desert Sunflower photo so I searched out this specimen. I imaged this yellow wildflower in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
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  • During an amazing wildflower bloom, I took this photo of Desert Dandelion and Phacelia wildflowers surrounding an ocotillo in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  The display bright yellow and blue flowers cover the Colorado Desert landscape.
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  • USA; California; Death Valley National Park. Desert Sunflowers in Death Valley
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  • USA; California; Death Valley National Park.  Desert Sunflowers in  Death Valley
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  • USA; California; Death Valley National Park.; Death Valley Wildflowers.; Desert Sunflowers
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  • USA; California; San Diego.  Sand Verbena Wildflowers and Cholla Cacti in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
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  • I used my close up photography equipment to take this photo of Desert Dandelion wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  These bright yellow flowers stand out from the deep blue phacilia blooms.
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  • USA; California; San Diego.  Sand Verbena and Dune Primrose Wildflowers in San Dunes in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
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  • I used my telephoto lens to photograph the patterns of desert sunflowers in Death Valley National Park.  The field of yellow wildflowers stripe the volcanic desert landscape.
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  • USA; California; A Desert Lily and Sand Verbena Wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park
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  • I wanted a vibrant California desert image so I used backlight to photograph blooming ocotillo plants and brittlebush in Anza Borrego Desert State Park
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  • USA; California; San Diego.  Chicory and Phacelia Wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
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  • USA, California,  Death Valley National Park.  Death Valley Wildflowers.  Desert Sunflowers.
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  • I used my telephoto lens to take this picture of a springtime desert landscape in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. My photo shows bright yellow wildflowers surrounding various bright green plants and desert cacti.
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  • I hiked through the arid landscape to get this abstract photo of Desert Poppies and the badlands in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
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  • I just had to take a picture of the amazing color contrast of these Desert Dandelion and Lupine wildflowers in Joshua Tree National Park.  My photo shows bright yellow flowers against a field of deep blue wildflowers.
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  • I used a dark volcanic rock background for my abstract photo of Desert Sunflowers in Death Valley National Park.  The bright yellow wildflowers filed sand out from the black rock.
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  • I set up my large format sheet film camera to document the heavy rains that made for a very green Arizona desert in the Ajo Mountains.  My photo shows the diverse cacti and desert plants thriving.
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  • I took photos of the unusual geology in this desert pumpkin patch that are round sandstone formations covering the arid landscape.
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  • I set up my large format 4X5 view camera for this remarkable Arizona desert landscape photo.   The sun rays from behind a saguaro cactus and Ajo Mountains with a field of bright yellow wildflowers.   This postcard perfect image is from sheet film for a high resolution image.
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  • While traveling through the desert badlands of California, I found and photographed this strange geologic erosion formation that looked like a giants legs, feet and toes. The lighting on this weird arid landscape makes the imagination run wild.
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  • I search out and photograph the unusual like in my photo of the lush Sonoran Desert in a very wet year.  The green green desert looks odd in this arid landscape.  My photo shows a very healthy saguaro cactus forest with the Ajo Mountains in the background.
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  • USA; California; Anza Borrego Desert State Park, Agave Flowers
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  • I photographed this amazing 100 year bloom of Death Valley Desert Sunflowers with a mountain  and cloudy blue sky in the background.  The bright yellow filed of wildflowers is a rare sight for this National Park.
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  • I always strive for the best photography and I imaged a perfect desert wildflower photo at sunset in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  Of course I used my large format 4x5 view camera that uses sheet film which produces the highest resolution images.
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  • Searching the desert I found and photographed this weird green geologic formation that looks like a painted desert.   My photo shows the odd cracked green landscape in Arches National Park.
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  • I used my large format sheet film camera to bring out the details in this desert sunset wildflowers photo.  The sun rays over a mountain backlight the bright pink and white flowers.
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  • I put the sun behind the subjects in this backlit desert photo of blooming ocotillo and brittlebush in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Back light really brings out the vivd colors and makes them glow. 
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  • Perfect photo of the Sonoran desert showing wildflowers and cacti at sunset in Organ Pipe Cactus National Park Arizona.  This photograph shows the vast ecosystem with vibrant glowing colors.
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  • I used my large format sheet film camera to take this inspirational photo of a Sonoran Desert sunrise in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.  The sun rays shine over the mountain range casting light on the cacti and 100 year wildflower bloom.
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  • I set up my 4x5 view camera to document the minute details of the Sonoran Desert Ecosystem.  The glowing wildflowers, cactus and mountain range make for great southwest landscape photo.
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  • I use my 4x5 sheet film camera to record the details of these Beavertail Cactus flowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. My photo shows the vivid pink flowers color against a dark cacti backdrop.
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  • I set up my large format sheet film camera to photograph Sand Verbena and Dune Primrose Wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  I got excellent light casting across the vibrant flowers from the warm sunrise.
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  • I found a dark rock background to take a picture of this vibrant blue desert wildflower.  I  couldn't believe the amazing deep blue color of these Phacelia Wildflowers in Joshua Tree National Park
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  • USA; California; Brittlebush wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park
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  • I photographed these deep blue Desert Bell Wildflowers in Joshua Tree National Park  with my large format camera.  I used soft light for this group of phacelia flowers.
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  • I was able to capture the glowing yellow flowers and a saguaro cacti in this Arizona desert sunrise in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
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  • USA; California; San Diego, A mix of Wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
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  • An amazing rainbow over desert wildflowers happened before my eyes, so I set up the 4x5 view camera to capture this once-in-a-lifetime event at the Dumont Dunes in California.
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  • When saw this colorful storm cloud over a field of desert wildflowers at sunset, I quickly took out my camera to document  the scenic Dumont Dunes.  
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  • USA; California; San Diego.  Rattlesnake Weed Wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park
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  • USA; California; Brittlebush wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park
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  • USA; California; San Diego.   Daisy and Monkey Wildflowerrs in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
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  • I had to climb inside this desert wind cave in order to take this photo looking out into the bright light.
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  • I shot this classic springtime image with a 4x5 sheet film camera of Arizona desert wildflowers in the Ajo Mountains.  My photo of a saguaro cactus is backlit against the dark southwest rocks in contrast to the bright yellow flowers.
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  • USA; California; Extremely Rare Elephant Tree and Brittlebush wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park
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  • USA; California; San Diego.; Sand Verbena and Dune Primrose Wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park
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  • USA; California; San Diego.   Blooming Barrel Cactus in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Credit as: Christopher Talbot Frank
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  • Heavy rainfall in the desert made for my photo of Lupine wildflowers and the Badlands in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  Normally this arid landscape is quite dry, But a very strong El Nino year made for the very lush green desert.
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  • I got great lighting for this photo of these very odd desert cacti goalposts.    The strange duel Saguaro Cacti make for an interesting sight in this Sonoran Desert Landscape.
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  • I use my large format sheet film camera to get this photo of the sunset through a ocotillo.  My desert landscape photograph use backlight to make the various colored ocotillo plants glow.
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  • To make a dramatic photo, I used the dark storm clouds as a backdrop to the brightly lit Ocotillo and Brittlebush wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  Bright yellow flowers at the base of the red flowering desert plant against a dark gray sky.
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  • I set my 4x5 view camera up to take this photo of Brittlebush and Ocotillo Wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Red flowers top the odd Ocotillo plant while bright yellow Brittlebush flowers grow in the foreground.
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  • USA; California; San Diego.  Sunflower growing from Cracked Mud  in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
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  • I hiked in to take this photo of a grove of native Fan Palm Trees in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  The thick desert forest grows upward from fresh water desert spring.
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  • I just had to get a photo of this bright red sphere of Chuparosa wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  This rare round natural shape was in full bloom making it stand out against the desert landscape.
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  • I set up my large format sheet film camera to photograph Joshua Tree National Park at dusk.  My photo shows a glowing rock dome with Joshua Trees and desert vegetation in the foreground.
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  • Rare desert water makes for this Organ Pipe Cactus reflection photo that I took in the Sonoran desert.  My photograph shows a lush Arizona landscape reflecting in a small stream with the Ajo Mountains in the background.
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  • I used my close up photography equipment to get a photo of these vibrant red Chuparosa wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  Used backlight to make the crimson flowers glow and stand out from the soft background.
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  • Springtime in the desert is when I go to photograph amazing scenics like in my photo of Dune Primrose and Sand Verbena on a sand dune in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  The glowing flowers fill the foreground with a sand dune and mountain backdrop.
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  • I love to take photos in the desert during winter showing juxtaposition like this snow in Joshua Tree National Park photo.  The brightly lit desert tree has wind blown snow on it's trunk standing in stark contrast to the arid landscape and storm clouds.
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  • I used my macro photography lens to take a photo of these unusual Chia wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.   These strange blue and purple flowers stand out from the arid background.
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  • I used my close up photography equipment to get this photo of vibrant daisy wildflowers growing from the sand in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  The bright yellow belly flowers look great against the salt and pepper sand.
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  • I got amazing light for my photo of these Sand Verbena Wildflowers at sunrise in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  The vibrant pink flowers stand out from the desert sand.
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  • I set my camera up a a low angle to take a photo of backlit Sand Verbena wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  The glowing pink flowers stand out from the dark mountain range.
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  • In the springtime desert I photographed the abstract patterns of Chicory and Phacelia wildflowers in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  The bright white and dark purple flowers contrast each other in a complex photo.
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  • As first light crossed the desert, I took this photo of Sand Verbena growing from cracked mud in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  This Abstract image shows the juxtaposition of life in the arid landscape.
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  • I used my 4x5 view camera to bring out the detail in my photograph of blooming ocotillo and cholla cacti in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  The bright red ocotillo flowers stand in stark contrast to the cactus in the harsh desert landscape.
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  • I set up my 4x5 view camera to photograph the Arizona poppies and cacti in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.  My landscape photo shows a 100 year wildflower bloom in the desert which stands out from the cacti and mountain background.
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  • I photographed this amazing event in the Anza Borrego Desert of a snow covered yucca.
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  • USA, Arizona,  Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.  Wildflowers and Cacti.
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  • I took a photo of this bizarre ocotillo flower abstract in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.  The weird bright red flowers stand out from the odd shadows from the lush green desert plant.
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  • I just had to take a photo of the juxtaposition in this cracked mud wildflowers image. I love the stark contrast of the bright pink Sand Verbena flowers growing out of the desert floor in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
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  • To show life in the stark desert, I took this photo of Dune Primrose growing out of cracked mud.
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  • I just loved the juxtaposition of the snow covered cholla cactus with the desert so I took a photo of the cool scenic landscape.
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  • I got this amazingly cool photo of snow covered Joshua Trees in Joshua Tree National Park during a winter storm.  The juxtaposition of the fresh snow and desert plants makes for an unusual scenic landscape photograph.
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  • I took this picture at sunrise with backlight to show the glowing wildflowers and cholla cactus in Joshua Tree National Park.  The bright yellow desert flowers stand in stark contrast to the spiny cacti.
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