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Cholla Cactus

Seen on our recent trip to Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Although these look beautiful when backlit, beware. The spines are so numerous and so sharp, that they seemingly leap out and grab you. Hence their nickname "jumping cholla".

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Uploaded on December 3, 2009
Taken on December 1, 2009