Four creosote bushes on a dry lake
Bird residence
Blue dicks
Mojave poppies
Dry waterfall
Layers
I see a little shade from the hot sun
Sun shower
Impact—that tiny spring out in the Death Valley backcountry did contain a wee bit of life-giving water.
Fresh snow
Rainbow
Dry lake storm brewing
Gift-Wrap Canyon
Cactus
Grass line-up
Paperbag bush (Scutellaria mexicana)
Elderly sagebrush survivors
Greenery
Rollin' down the river
Desert holly bushes attempt camouflage amidst white rock scatter
Desert rock garden, after the snow
Snow up above, sand down below, at Eureka Dunes
Enjoying desert gold as the mud flats go dry
Rock assortment
The Boulder
End of day
Sometimes, the colors in the desert all run together
Snowfall on the Saline Range
Shadow and stripe
Hopsage bush and snow
"The Scream"
Avian desert-hiker tracks
Sundown at a tiny dry lake in the Death Valley backcountry
Last season's prince's plumes blossoms discuss the day's snowfall
Downfall
Abandoned fire ring
In the backcountry
Desert mushroom on a hot day
Creeping shadows
Waiting for sunset
Creosote bush family
Skull and desert buckwheats
Entwined Joshua tree
A tarantula hawk hugs a bouquet of buckwheat blossoms
100 degrees F in the smoky haze
Bright sunshine and a bit of smoke in the air as I look down toward "The Racetrack" in Death Valley National Park
Bone scatter
Thanksgiving 2019 snowfall melts away
Staircase
Sandstorm, Eureka Valley
Warm sunshine ahead
Distant dunes
March to the gateway
Desert rock garden
Upward
A, but not B
Funeral Mountains drainages
Root system
Sand platform
Dodder and desert primrose
Curves, points and clouds
A way through
Slab dune
Desert poppies, Bigelow's monkeyflowers and gravel
Fluffy in the breeze
Early sunrise, Eureka Dunes
Joshua tree and buckwheat
Webs
Hiding petroglyphs
Fading petroglyphs
On-stage
Tic tac toe
Rattlesnake tip
Juxtaposition
Burro trails
Desert mallow and granite
Walk of giants
Creosote bush family
Desert abronia
Storm clouds
Outpost
Afternoon haze
Cloudy day
Desert beach
Evening stroll, Death Valley National Park
Scratches on the earth
Drainages and road
Light in the canyon dims first, and then the temperature starts dropping rapidly, as sunset approaches
Dripping cliff
Penguin man
Joshua tree on a smoky afternoon
Moonscape
As if breathing, sand-drifts stick to the hillside, collapse under their own weight and slide down, over and over again
Eureka Dunes
White drapery
Winters Peak, Death Valley National Park
Dry waters
Looking across the Darwin Plateau
Desert rock garden
Swirling hillside
A glance across the Nevada border from the Last Chance Range
Cactus buddies
Distant puff of smoke
Pancake Rock and the hungry orange lichen monster
Morning sun busts through the smoky haze of the California fires
In the smoky sunlight of the California fires, a tree charred in a previous fire slowly returns to the earth
Crossing
Solitude at a small dry lake in the backcountry
Social distancing for plants
Rosy buckwheat flowers overlook a smoky canyon in the highlands of Death Valley National Park
Slow-moving coyote in the smoky afterglow of the California fires finds residual water in a hose at a decommissioned cistern
Joshua trees and yellow rabbitbrush, Death Valley National Park
Quiet moment at the end of a pristine dry lake
Those darker hills, with their simple lines and angles, Death Valley National Park
Gravity, Death Valley National Park
Sunshine warms a chilly Death Valley canyon
Simple sunset, Death Valley National Park—nothing to do but watch it change
Erosion, Death Valley National Park, Fall 2020
The Joshua tree orator welcomed me with open arms that day, happy to greet a human for the first time in a long time, and assured that miles walked up this nameless and unassuming Death Valley canyon would be worth the effort
Wry Canyon smiles back at me, Death Valley National Park.
Gentle downhill, Death Valley National Park.
Jagged shadow, Death Valley National Park
A cholla cactus watches me from a safe distance, Death Valley National Park