Milky Way Arch Above Palm Trees at Corn Springs
To produce this panoramic image, I shot 22 vertical frames with my Canon 6D and Sigma 15mm Ex Dg lens at 25 sec f/2.8 ISO 3200. I stitched the images together in Lightroom.
When it hot out there, this desert campground is mostly desert-ed. In addition to shooting photos, the hot dry weather allowed me to test out a homemade swamp cooler I built for my RV.
Several of the palm trees here are "decapitated" - likely due to the long lasting drought that California has experienced. Although California finally got record rainfall in January and February of this year, it will take some time for them tops of the palms to grow back.
Corn Springs is a palm oasis situated in the Chuckwalla Mountains of the Colorado Desert in Riverside County, California, United States, seventeen miles southeast of Desert Center. Native Americans relied on the springs, and they engraved many petroglyphs on the rocks in the area. In the late 19th century, miners in the area also relied on the springs, and they established the Corn Springs Mining District in 1897.
The springs were used for thousands of years by nomadic Native Americans. The Chemehuevi, Desert Cahuilla and Yuma bands frequented the spring and carved elaborate petroglyphs in the nearby rocks. Some of the oldest rock art is over 10,000 years old. At times, there was enough surface water for gardening by the springs. The Indians also utilized the fruit of the palms.
Early white visitors found feral corn plants in the vicinity, giving the spring its present name.
Milky Way Arch Above Palm Trees at Corn Springs
To produce this panoramic image, I shot 22 vertical frames with my Canon 6D and Sigma 15mm Ex Dg lens at 25 sec f/2.8 ISO 3200. I stitched the images together in Lightroom.
When it hot out there, this desert campground is mostly desert-ed. In addition to shooting photos, the hot dry weather allowed me to test out a homemade swamp cooler I built for my RV.
Several of the palm trees here are "decapitated" - likely due to the long lasting drought that California has experienced. Although California finally got record rainfall in January and February of this year, it will take some time for them tops of the palms to grow back.
Corn Springs is a palm oasis situated in the Chuckwalla Mountains of the Colorado Desert in Riverside County, California, United States, seventeen miles southeast of Desert Center. Native Americans relied on the springs, and they engraved many petroglyphs on the rocks in the area. In the late 19th century, miners in the area also relied on the springs, and they established the Corn Springs Mining District in 1897.
The springs were used for thousands of years by nomadic Native Americans. The Chemehuevi, Desert Cahuilla and Yuma bands frequented the spring and carved elaborate petroglyphs in the nearby rocks. Some of the oldest rock art is over 10,000 years old. At times, there was enough surface water for gardening by the springs. The Indians also utilized the fruit of the palms.
Early white visitors found feral corn plants in the vicinity, giving the spring its present name.