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Oh, there's an eye, a tiny natural arch in the bubbly rock here near the top of the Rings Trail, Mojave National Preserve

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133857-rings-trail.jpg I walk over to "The Overlook" at the top of the Rings Trail to see what it is that the sign points towardThumbnailsI notice a big patch of those pink dry buckwheats that I see here and there in the Mojave Desert, near the top of Rings TrailI walk over to "The Overlook" at the top of the Rings Trail to see what it is that the sign points towardThumbnailsI notice a big patch of those pink dry buckwheats that I see here and there in the Mojave Desert, near the top of Rings TrailI walk over to "The Overlook" at the top of the Rings Trail to see what it is that the sign points towardThumbnailsI notice a big patch of those pink dry buckwheats that I see here and there in the Mojave Desert, near the top of Rings TrailI walk over to "The Overlook" at the top of the Rings Trail to see what it is that the sign points towardThumbnailsI notice a big patch of those pink dry buckwheats that I see here and there in the Mojave Desert, near the top of Rings TrailI walk over to "The Overlook" at the top of the Rings Trail to see what it is that the sign points towardThumbnailsI notice a big patch of those pink dry buckwheats that I see here and there in the Mojave Desert, near the top of Rings TrailI walk over to "The Overlook" at the top of the Rings Trail to see what it is that the sign points towardThumbnailsI notice a big patch of those pink dry buckwheats that I see here and there in the Mojave Desert, near the top of Rings Trail

There's a water spigot nearby, so I take a short rest with cooler water, and eat an energy bar. Just another desert animal, I'm really feeling today's 90+F temperature with all these dark rocks, absorbing and radiating heat. I'm moving rather slowly.