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Praising Helios
Can I get another "hell yeah" for taking pictures at 6am in below freezing temperatures? Watching the sunrise in the forest. Yeah, forest.
No matter how far away from everything you may be, society finds its way to intrude upon your solitude, be it planes soaring 35,000 feet over head, cities polluting the dark night sky or power lines spreading across the expanses, or a road winding through the forest in front of you. Just outside of Cima, CA the largest, densest Joshua Tree forest grows in most absolute silence except for the occasional car that rounds its street's curvy corners.
If you ever get a chance to visit the Mojave National Preserve you HAVE to go. The National Preserves (part of the National Park Service) do not get enough respect or veneration that their bigger siblings the National Parks receive. Aside from the hunting that is allowed in the preserves, they are practically identical in structure and standing as a National Park.
The Mojave National Preserve also boasts the famous Kelso Sand Dunes that rise 650 feet above the surrounding desert floor, the gorgeous Granite Mountains full of spires, perched boulders, and curved cliff faces, ancient caves (lava tubes) formed from volcanic flows, rhyolite cliffs pockmarked with holes and gaps, plus much more.
Praising Helios
Can I get another "hell yeah" for taking pictures at 6am in below freezing temperatures? Watching the sunrise in the forest. Yeah, forest.
No matter how far away from everything you may be, society finds its way to intrude upon your solitude, be it planes soaring 35,000 feet over head, cities polluting the dark night sky or power lines spreading across the expanses, or a road winding through the forest in front of you. Just outside of Cima, CA the largest, densest Joshua Tree forest grows in most absolute silence except for the occasional car that rounds its street's curvy corners.
If you ever get a chance to visit the Mojave National Preserve you HAVE to go. The National Preserves (part of the National Park Service) do not get enough respect or veneration that their bigger siblings the National Parks receive. Aside from the hunting that is allowed in the preserves, they are practically identical in structure and standing as a National Park.
The Mojave National Preserve also boasts the famous Kelso Sand Dunes that rise 650 feet above the surrounding desert floor, the gorgeous Granite Mountains full of spires, perched boulders, and curved cliff faces, ancient caves (lava tubes) formed from volcanic flows, rhyolite cliffs pockmarked with holes and gaps, plus much more.