Joshua Tree National Park
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A massive Joshua Tree stands alone with its subjects looking on in the background.
After expending most of vacation time shooting around the Southwest, I found myself with a new moon and no place to go.
I have been ignoring JT as of late because it's been reserved for filler and last weekend was the perfect time to scout the Joshua Trees in the monument. I started at 3pm sunday after peak heat which was 95 degrees, the temperature was a great deterrent for most tourist and that was apparent when I arrived, the place was a ghost town. The lack of people in the park was the perfect opportunity to scout out the best Trees found in the park, After 4 hours of walking and driving, mostly driving at around ten mph looking at every possible location then disembarking to tag each tree at it's actual location. All in all I tagged 32 interesting specimens then waited to see what the night sky would bring. I still needed a location for my sunset shot, Keys view was out of the question, the sky was clear to the west but there where some nice clouds lingering to the east so I decided to head over to see what was going on at the ancient juniper in the Jumbo Rocks campground. As I suspected, not a soul around. Perfect. I had a semi-epic sunset there and the spent the rest of my remaining time shooting the specimens I had found during the day until rain ended my fun and blotted out the Milky Way. Next time I go to JT I will be able to go directly to each tree. This is the one tree that really stood out of the bunch its massive umbrella truly dwarfed any other found. Hope you like it. :)
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Setting out on the trail to Arch Rock, we spotted this leggy Coyote (previously ID'd as a Kit Fox, see comment below) loping through the brush without a care in the world. Spotted a few more over the next few days, but they’re hard to get close to and I never had the right lens when they appeared.
During the gold rush, some Joshua Tree miners built a cabin into the side of a giant boulder by pushing other rocks into place, applying mortar, and creating a roof of sticks and sheet metal. The cabin is "preserved" but wild - you can hike to it (start on the Split Rock Trail and uphill). Some of their old pots and pans, yokes, and other gear are left hanging around for hikers to appreciate.
The ubiquitous Cholla Cactus in Joshua Tree - they're everywhere! They're also known as "jumping cactus" because the spikes have a seemingly magical ability to reach out and grab your skin or clothing - my shins still have a few scars from ones I missed. I love the way their spikes catch early morning and late afternoon rays.
I was finally able to get away for a couple of days and go to my favorite place on this earth,Joshua Tree National Park.I walked a lot and took a lot of pictures.I can’t begin to capture the grandeur and serenity of that landscape but I had a lot of fun trying!
My friends and I went to Joshua tree national park last week, we had a great time shooting the beautify night sky. A mobile app Planit was used to calculate the position of the milky way.
Driving through Wonder Valley... what are those giant letters on the distant horizon? As we got closer, realized we'd reached THE END OF THE WORLD. This 2022 installation by Jack Pierson left us wondering whether it was a statement, like "This community is so obscure, it may as well be at the end of the world," or political, as in... say no more.
During the gold rush, some Joshua Tree miners built a cabin into the side of a giant boulder by pushing other rocks into place, applying mortar, and creating a roof of sticks and sheet metal. The cabin is "preserved" but wild - you can hike to it (start on the Split Rock Trail and uphill). Some of their old pots and pans, yokes, and other gear are left hanging around for hikers to appreciate.
Driving through Wonder Valley... what are those giant letters on the distant horizon? As we got closer, realized we'd reached THE END OF THE WORLD. This 2022 installation by Jack Pierson left us wondering whether it was a statement, like "This community is so obscure, it may as well be at the end of the world," or political, as in... say no more.