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Ah ha! A special desert flower that's occasionally found even in the most remote Mojave Desert locales: an old balloon

3124-balloon.jpg There are a few Mojave asters flowering here today, which I don't expect in NovemberThumbnailsHmmm, a little cave on the side of this canyon in the Sleeping Beauty mountainsThere are a few Mojave asters flowering here today, which I don't expect in NovemberThumbnailsHmmm, a little cave on the side of this canyon in the Sleeping Beauty mountainsThere are a few Mojave asters flowering here today, which I don't expect in NovemberThumbnailsHmmm, a little cave on the side of this canyon in the Sleeping Beauty mountainsThere are a few Mojave asters flowering here today, which I don't expect in NovemberThumbnailsHmmm, a little cave on the side of this canyon in the Sleeping Beauty mountainsThere are a few Mojave asters flowering here today, which I don't expect in NovemberThumbnailsHmmm, a little cave on the side of this canyon in the Sleeping Beauty mountainsThere are a few Mojave asters flowering here today, which I don't expect in NovemberThumbnailsHmmm, a little cave on the side of this canyon in the Sleeping Beauty mountains

In this case, it's still attached to its original string, and impaled on a creosote bush.