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Endangered!
Immature female.
Located inactive and in the shade (could have been mistaken for a rock) on the relatively busy Pinto Basin Road near the Cholla Cactus Garden, Joshua Tree National Park, California USA.
Relocated well away from the road and hopefully will reach maturity and successfully breed.
Joshua Trees baking in the sun among the shrubs of sage bush and creosote. Shot in Mojave National Preserve near the Mojave Cross.
According to the National Park Service, it's the largest most densely concentration of Joshua trees in the world. This Cima area is one section of this 4th largest Park in the CONUS.
It was a welcomed sunset after a long hot day. Once the sun set, the air became cooler with the light breeze. It was going to be a great night for photography under the stars. No clouds, and mild wind.
7 shot panorama at 35mm (DX), f/16, ISO 100, various shutter speeds.
During these long NW winters, I really miss the desert. This was from a shoot I did in the Mojave Desert back in 2020.
Joshua Tree National Park, California
A scene in the Mojave desert in southern California. A Joshua tree holds place of honor in the center, while a creosote bush grows on the left.
The word Mojave is a Spanish form of the native Mojave tribe's name for themselves, Hamakhaave, which means "beside the water".
Park Boulevard, Joshua Tree National Park. A snowy San Gorgonio Mountain (“Old Grayback”) framed by the park's namesake plants, Yucca brevifolia.
590nm IR-converted Pentax K-5
SMC Pentax 1:3.5 35mm
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This is one hell of view from the rest stop on I-15 from Las Vegas to Barstow California. Can you imagine traveling through this desert as an old pioneer looking to strike it rich with a gold clam.
I have never seen so many crazy drivers in my life.
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another version of my Mojave Angel. i love this piece, this location — mojave national preserve, cima road. August 2018.
as soon as ga$ goes down, i want to go back out there. it's been too long.
China Southern aircraft
"The Transportation Security Administration reports it intercepted a record number of guns at US airports last year: more than 6,500. That works out to about 18 per day."
— PBS News Hour 2/20/2023
Journalism grade image.
Source: 2,800x1,000 16-bit TIF file.
Please do not copy this image for any reason.
A glorious evening sky over the desert - San Bernardino County, California
An earlier view: www.flickr.com/photos/zoniedude1/3490948525
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Must every railroad photo have a train in it to count? Assuredly not, and I present this image as evidence. And if this isn't enough evidence check out another of my favorite trainless images in case you've missed it: flic.kr/p/2iyHtSN
I've always been enamored with this magical stretch of railroad ever since I first learned of it and my fascination grew deeper after I acquired a copy of Mark Hemphill's monumental work "Union Pacific Salt Lake Route." I've been fortunate to visit a half dozen times and there is simply nowhere else like the Mojave Desert. While it is by no means an unknown line it simply does not have the cachet of a Tehachapi, Cajon, Donner, Soldier Summit or any other legendary western grades. I’m not sure why exactly, but I suppose part if it is that it simply does not LOOK like a heavy duty mountain railroad like those locations.
But looks can be deceiving and with an 18 mile long ascent in nearly a straight line from Kelso to Cima Summit the tracks climb some 2000 ft of elevation on a steady 2.2% grade, making this easily the equal of those more famous spots. In the modern era it is not nearly as busy a route as it was historically thanks to changing traffic patterns over the past quarter century since the historic original UP (of which this line was an integral part) grew into the mega system that it is today, but it still sees enough trains to make for a great day of railfanning if you’re patient.
But even without a train there are great scenes to capture such as this relic of another era, the telegraph poles marching endlessly off toward the horizon. Once they went hand in hand and lined every single right of way in the land today they are either gone completely or rotting away in place bereft of their wires and glass insulators. I'm not sure if on this late date any of the wires here beside UP's Cima Sub were still active and serving a purpose, but if they were their days were certainly numbered.
25 miles or so away silhouetted in the evening desert glow is the 4000 ft wall of the small Granite Mountain range. To the right and nearly 100 miles away rises San Gorgonio Mountain, which af 11,503 ft, is the highest summit in Southern California and one of the most topographically prominent in the US.
To learn more about the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad check out the caption with this shot: flic.kr/p/2iy73MH
San Bernadino County, California
Thursday February 16, 2017
In beautiful morning light, Union Pacific AC44CWCTE No. 5902 leads an eastbound manifest into Mojave. 06 March 2023.
All photos from my recent trip to Southern California have now been added to my website: cogloadjunctionphotography.weebly.com/california-february...
SP 8309 leads the BKDOU through the sag and into Mojave with the oil cans. It looks like the helpers are still cut in and if memory serves would be cut out before leaving Mojave. Such a neat train to photograph and the sound when on mountain was incredible. July of 86.
This pic was shot pretty close to where I shot the last image I posted earlier today. I was pretty near the old Airliner boneyard in Mojave. I love this area. It treated me nice on this short storm chasing visit.
i've photographed the mojave moose along highway 247 in lucerne valley several times over the years and for some reason never got a shot i liked.
i know, how hard could it be to photograph a stuffed moose with a cloth "coat" next to the road?
so i was pretty happy with this version.
i can rest easy.
I have been going out to Hemingway Park in Boulder City Nevada, to photograph the bighorn sheep in the Mojave Desert. I think today I captured some of my best bighorn sheep images ever. Let me know what you think.
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The sand dunes of Death Valley National Park reflecting the cool blue tones of a post-sunset sky during the last light of the evening.
Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System.
It is difficult to convey the glowing, jewel-like appearance of this installation. During certain times of the day it's quite eye-catching. This massive facility rests on 3,500 acres (1,400 ha) of Mojave desert land near the California–Nevada border.
(Crotalus scutulatus). Jeff Davis County, Texas.
We spotted this handsome pit viper in the road in the semi-arid prairies at the base of the Davis Mountains. It had just been clipped by a car but was still alive. It appeared the car had hit it on the posterior 1/3 of its body, and aside from a small amount of blood on its underside there were no visible injuries. It was able to move that part of its body and could rattle, albeit weakly. It was quite lethargic and did everything at 1/4 speed or so. After we moved it off the road it slowly slithered into the brush. I'm hopeful that after some time spent resting and recovering it might survive to lead a semi-normal rattlesnake life.
A quick edit from today's pano that I took from a top of a flyover (or pass through here) whilst on the Mojave Desert Road. The mountains in the background belong to the Sierra Nevada range, the road leads to Las Vegas and the open expanse on either side is the Death Valley or Mojave Desert.
It was a pano of nine images shot at about 2:30 in the afternoon. I have tinkered around mostly with the tonal contrasts and colour. I have shot with a 50mm prime Nikkor f1.8 lens. Hope you like it.
I took Donna out West to meet two of my boys over the Thanksgiving weekend. We decided to fly into Las Vegas so we could see a couple of shows and then make a 5 hour road trip to San Diego where they live. It was a theoretical 5 hours. In reality, about 7-1/2. There was so much traffic on this desert highway that at times we were going 20-30 mph.
Donna made a comment to someone on her cell phone that we had just crossed the Mojave desert. I thought the Mojave was in Africa. :)
As dusk descended, I looked in my rearview mirror and saw this most beautiful moon rising.
A note to travelers: there are no restrooms/gas stations along this stretch. It is just dry barren desert. So fill up with gas before you leave, and it's an especially good time to not drink and drive - anything.