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The cactus ( and Joshua Trees) have such interesting shapes and details that were fun to shoot silhouettes against the sky.
I'm certain I took a few chollo's in the leg this trip. Which, as anyone that knows, is about as fun as licking a chalk board. The sonoran desert fascinates me. I've learned much of it's beauty and synergy in the last few years, and I've been lucky not to feel too much of it's wrath.
Una gran casa en venta, y bien comunicada. Sólo necesita unos pocos arreglos, y lista para vivir.
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Santa Pau, Girona.
Hi, my name is Snoopy but my friends and family call me Chollo. My favorite word is "calle" (street) that means is time for a walk.
La pequeña localidad portuguesa de Vila Real de Santo Antonio es transitada diariamente por miles de turistas que cruzan la frontera desde España en busca de “chollos” para hacer sus compras. Esta ciudad fronteriza, nos da la bienvenida al Algarve nada más atravesar el Puente Internacional del Guadiana.
The small Portuguese town of Vila Real de Santo Antonio is busy daily by thousands of tourists crossing the border from Spain looking for "bargains" for shopping. This border town, welcomes us to the Algarve just inside the Guadiana International Bridge
La petite ville portugaise de Vila Real de Santo Antonio est quotidienne occupée par des milliers de touristes qui traversent la frontière de l'Espagne à la recherche de "bonnes affaires" pour le shopping. Cette ville frontalière, nous accueille à l'Algarve juste à l'intérieur du Guadiana Pont international.
A pequena cidade Português de Vila Real de Santo Antonio está ocupado diariamente por milhares de turistas que atravessam a fronteira da Espanha em busca de "pechinchas" para fazer compras. Esta cidade de fronteira, nos acolhe para o Algarve apenas dentro da Ponte Internacional do Guadiana
"Chollo. Piel piel...algunos tienen pequeña tara". Es lo normal. Las piezas, de ropa, calzados, etc muy baratas...algo tienen que tener. Lo que ocurre es que, a veces, esas taras son aceptables. Otras no.
Chollo. Skin skin. Some have small flaws. It is normal. The pieces, clothing, shoes, etc. the markets very cheap ... something must have. What happens is that sometimes these defects are acceptable. Others do not.
Cholla Cactus Garden after sunset
Cholla Cactus Garden nach Sonnenuntergang
Press 'L' for large Picture!
"L" drücken für großes Bild!
Joshua Tree National Park is located in southeastern California. Declared a U.S. National Park in 1994 when the U.S. Congress passed the California Desert Protection Act (Public Law 103-433), it had previously been a U.S. National Monument since 1936. It is named for the Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) native to the park. It covers a land area of 790,636 acres (1,235.37 sq mi; 3,199.59 km2) —an area slightly larger than the state of Rhode Island. A large part of the park, some 429,690 acres (173,890 ha), is a designated wilderness area. Straddling the San Bernardino County/Riverside County border, the park includes parts of two deserts, each an ecosystem whose characteristics are determined primarily by elevation: the higher Mojave Desert and lower Colorado Desert. The Little San Bernardino Mountains run through the southwest edge of the park.
The rock formations of Joshua Tree National Park were formed more than 100 million years ago from the cooling of magma beneath the surface into monzogranite, with roughly rectangular joints. Groundwater then filtered through the joints to erode away the corners and edges to create rounded stones, and flash floods washed away covering ground to create piles of boulders. These prominent outcrops are known as inselbergs.
Cylindropuntia bigelovii, the teddy bear cholla, is a cholla cactus species native to Northwestern Mexico, and to the United States in California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Cylindropuntia bigelovii has a soft appearance due to its solid mass of very formidable spines that completely cover the stems, leading to its sardonic nickname of "teddy bear".
The teddy-bear cholla is an erect plant, 1 to 5 ft (0.30 to 1.52 m) tall with a distinct trunk. The branches are at the top of the trunk and are nearly horizontal. Lower branches typically fall off, and the trunk darkens with age. The silvery-white spines, which are actually a form of leaf, almost completely obscure the stem with a fuzzy-looking, but impenetrable, defense. The spines are 1 in (2.5 cm) long and are covered with a detachable, paper-like sheath.
The yellow-green flowers emerge at the tips of the stems in May and June. Flowers are usually 3.6 cm (1.4 in) in length. The fruit is 1.9 cm (0.75 in) in diameter, tuberculate, and may or may not have spines. These fruits contain few viable seeds, as the plant usually reproduces from dropped stems. These stems are often carried for some distance by sticking to the fur or skin of animals. Often small "stands" of these chollas form, most of which are largely clones of the same individual individual.
Like its cousin the jumping cholla, the stems detach easily and the ground around a mature plant is often littered with scattered cholla balls and small plants starting where these balls have rooted. When a piece of this cholla sticks to an unsuspecting person, a good method to remove the cactus is with a hair comb. The spines are barbed, and hold on tightly. Desert pack rats such as the Desert Woodrat gather these balls around their burrows, creating a defense against predators.
Cylindropuntia bigelovii, the Teddy-bear cholla, grow in desert regions at elevations to about 3,000 ft (914.4 m) in the "Low Desert" or Colorado Desert of Southern California, and in other Sonoran Desert regions of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
In the Lower Colorado River Valley, the most dense Cylindropuntia bigelovii stands are at higher elevations, in the rockiest sites. There are fewer Sonoran Desert or Colorado Desert plant association species, but two are common though reduced in size: Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) and Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea).
(Wikipedia)
Der Joshua-Tree-Nationalpark ist eine Wüstenlandschaft im Südosten Kaliforniens, die den Übergang zwischen der Mojave-Wüste und der Colorado-Wüste bildet. Der Park ist nach der auffälligen, im Englischen „Joshua Tree“ genannten Josua-Palmlilie (Yucca brevifolia) benannt, der größten Art der Gattung der Palmlilien (Yucca), die auch Josuabaum genannt wird.
Neben den Joshuabaum-Wäldern bietet der Park eine der interessantesten geologischen Formationen, die man in den kalifornischen Wüsten findet. Es herrschen kahle Felsen vor, die in der Regel in einzelne Felsformationen aufgebrochen sind.
Joshua-Tree wurde 1936 zum National Monument und 1994 zum Nationalpark erklärt. Er wird jährlich von über einer Million Menschen – darunter Tausende von Felskletterern aus aller Welt – besucht.
Cylindropuntia bigelovii ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Gattung Cylindropuntia in der Familie der Kakteengewächse (Cactaceae). Das Artepitheton ehrt den US-amerikanischen Arzt und Botaniker John Milton Bigelow. Fremdsprachige Trivialnamen sind „Cholla“, „Chollo de Oso“, „Golden Spined Jumping Cholla“, „Guerra“, „Teddy Bear Cactus“, „Teddy Bear Cholla“ und „Vellas de Coyote“.
Cylindropuntia bigelovii wächst strauchig oder baumförmig mit offen verzweigten Kronen und erreicht Wuchshöhen von bis zu 2 Meter. Die Zweige sind spitzwinklig angeordnet. Auf den grünlich purpurfarben bis purpurfarben, 4 bis 18 Zentimeter langen und 1 bis 2 Zentimeter im Durchmesser messenden Triebabschnitten befinden sich vorstehende, verlängerte Höcker. Die etwas rundlichen lohfarben bis braunen Areolen vergrauen im Alter und tragen bis zu 1 Millimeter lange dunkelgelbe Glochiden. Die sechs bis acht Dornen sind über die gesamte Länge der Triebabschnitte vorhanden. Sie sind normalerweise ineinandergreifend, abstehend bis ausgebreitet, gelb bis goldgelb und werden später braun. Die Dornen sind 1 bis 1,8 Zentimeter lang. Ihre Scheiden sind weiß bis cremefarben.
Die Blüten sind gelblich grün, gelb, goldgelb, bronzefarben, rot, rosa- oder magentafarben. Die gelblich grünen oder rötlichen Früchte sind lederig-fleischig und nicht bedornt. Sie sind 2,5 bis 4 Zentimeter lang und erreichen Durchmesser von 1 bis 2 Zentimeter. Die Früchte besitzen anfangs vorstehende Höcker, die später verschwinden. Die Früchte können proliferieren.
Cylindropuntia bigelovii ist im Südwesten der Vereinigten Staaten und im Nordwesten von Mexiko in der Vegetation der Mojave- und Sonora-Wüste in Höhenlagen von 300 bis 900 Metern verbreitet.
(Wikipedia)
Cholla Cactus Garden at sunset
Cholla Cactus Garden zum Sonnenuntergang
Joshua Tree National Park is located in southeastern California. Declared a U.S. National Park in 1994 when the U.S. Congress passed the California Desert Protection Act (Public Law 103-433), it had previously been a U.S. National Monument since 1936. It is named for the Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) native to the park. It covers a land area of 790,636 acres (1,235.37 sq mi; 3,199.59 km2) —an area slightly larger than the state of Rhode Island. A large part of the park, some 429,690 acres (173,890 ha), is a designated wilderness area. Straddling the San Bernardino County/Riverside County border, the park includes parts of two deserts, each an ecosystem whose characteristics are determined primarily by elevation: the higher Mojave Desert and lower Colorado Desert. The Little San Bernardino Mountains run through the southwest edge of the park.
The rock formations of Joshua Tree National Park were formed more than 100 million years ago from the cooling of magma beneath the surface into monzogranite, with roughly rectangular joints. Groundwater then filtered through the joints to erode away the corners and edges to create rounded stones, and flash floods washed away covering ground to create piles of boulders. These prominent outcrops are known as inselbergs.
Cylindropuntia bigelovii, the teddy bear cholla, is a cholla cactus species native to Northwestern Mexico, and to the United States in California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Cylindropuntia bigelovii has a soft appearance due to its solid mass of very formidable spines that completely cover the stems, leading to its sardonic nickname of "teddy bear".
The teddy-bear cholla is an erect plant, 1 to 5 ft (0.30 to 1.52 m) tall with a distinct trunk. The branches are at the top of the trunk and are nearly horizontal. Lower branches typically fall off, and the trunk darkens with age. The silvery-white spines, which are actually a form of leaf, almost completely obscure the stem with a fuzzy-looking, but impenetrable, defense. The spines are 1 in (2.5 cm) long and are covered with a detachable, paper-like sheath.
The yellow-green flowers emerge at the tips of the stems in May and June. Flowers are usually 3.6 cm (1.4 in) in length. The fruit is 1.9 cm (0.75 in) in diameter, tuberculate, and may or may not have spines. These fruits contain few viable seeds, as the plant usually reproduces from dropped stems. These stems are often carried for some distance by sticking to the fur or skin of animals. Often small "stands" of these chollas form, most of which are largely clones of the same individual individual.
Like its cousin the jumping cholla, the stems detach easily and the ground around a mature plant is often littered with scattered cholla balls and small plants starting where these balls have rooted. When a piece of this cholla sticks to an unsuspecting person, a good method to remove the cactus is with a hair comb. The spines are barbed, and hold on tightly. Desert pack rats such as the Desert Woodrat gather these balls around their burrows, creating a defense against predators.
Cylindropuntia bigelovii, the Teddy-bear cholla, grow in desert regions at elevations to about 3,000 ft (914.4 m) in the "Low Desert" or Colorado Desert of Southern California, and in other Sonoran Desert regions of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
In the Lower Colorado River Valley, the most dense Cylindropuntia bigelovii stands are at higher elevations, in the rockiest sites. There are fewer Sonoran Desert or Colorado Desert plant association species, but two are common though reduced in size: Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) and Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea).
(Wikipedia)
Der Joshua-Tree-Nationalpark ist eine Wüstenlandschaft im Südosten Kaliforniens, die den Übergang zwischen der Mojave-Wüste und der Colorado-Wüste bildet. Der Park ist nach der auffälligen, im Englischen „Joshua Tree“ genannten Josua-Palmlilie (Yucca brevifolia) benannt, der größten Art der Gattung der Palmlilien (Yucca), die auch Josuabaum genannt wird.
Neben den Joshuabaum-Wäldern bietet der Park eine der interessantesten geologischen Formationen, die man in den kalifornischen Wüsten findet. Es herrschen kahle Felsen vor, die in der Regel in einzelne Felsformationen aufgebrochen sind.
Joshua-Tree wurde 1936 zum National Monument und 1994 zum Nationalpark erklärt. Er wird jährlich von über einer Million Menschen – darunter Tausende von Felskletterern aus aller Welt – besucht.
Cylindropuntia bigelovii ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Gattung Cylindropuntia in der Familie der Kakteengewächse (Cactaceae). Das Artepitheton ehrt den US-amerikanischen Arzt und Botaniker John Milton Bigelow. Fremdsprachige Trivialnamen sind „Cholla“, „Chollo de Oso“, „Golden Spined Jumping Cholla“, „Guerra“, „Teddy Bear Cactus“, „Teddy Bear Cholla“ und „Vellas de Coyote“.
Cylindropuntia bigelovii wächst strauchig oder baumförmig mit offen verzweigten Kronen und erreicht Wuchshöhen von bis zu 2 Meter. Die Zweige sind spitzwinklig angeordnet. Auf den grünlich purpurfarben bis purpurfarben, 4 bis 18 Zentimeter langen und 1 bis 2 Zentimeter im Durchmesser messenden Triebabschnitten befinden sich vorstehende, verlängerte Höcker. Die etwas rundlichen lohfarben bis braunen Areolen vergrauen im Alter und tragen bis zu 1 Millimeter lange dunkelgelbe Glochiden. Die sechs bis acht Dornen sind über die gesamte Länge der Triebabschnitte vorhanden. Sie sind normalerweise ineinandergreifend, abstehend bis ausgebreitet, gelb bis goldgelb und werden später braun. Die Dornen sind 1 bis 1,8 Zentimeter lang. Ihre Scheiden sind weiß bis cremefarben.
Die Blüten sind gelblich grün, gelb, goldgelb, bronzefarben, rot, rosa- oder magentafarben. Die gelblich grünen oder rötlichen Früchte sind lederig-fleischig und nicht bedornt. Sie sind 2,5 bis 4 Zentimeter lang und erreichen Durchmesser von 1 bis 2 Zentimeter. Die Früchte besitzen anfangs vorstehende Höcker, die später verschwinden. Die Früchte können proliferieren.
Cylindropuntia bigelovii ist im Südwesten der Vereinigten Staaten und im Nordwesten von Mexiko in der Vegetation der Mojave- und Sonora-Wüste in Höhenlagen von 300 bis 900 Metern verbreitet.
(Wikipedia)
The Ocotillo Patch is a unique area in the Joshua Tree National Park. The ecosystem changes here and you don't see many Joshua trees, but you do see plenty of ocotillo. I took my daughter here on our last visit and she fell in love with them. We had to come back on this trip and take in their beauty again.
I remember visiting my parents when they lived in Arizona and wondering why there were so many dead shrubs like this all over the desert. They told me that they only come to life when there is enough water. The rest of the time they drop their leaves and blooms to store water. When we get a wet year, they come to life and show their blooms. It happened again this year and we had a lot of fun trying to find the perfect ocotillo to capture and share.
While we were at the Chollo Garden, a little up the road, we told a couple of people that were visiting from other countries about this location and they followed us here. I told them how special it was this year and that they were lucky to be able to experience them with the flowers. I think we made some new fans of the ocotillo. They also had fun walking around taking pictures. Keep on clicking.
This bird didn't mind the cactus as he was building a nest in some Chollo cactus and resting on a Saguaro.