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A faint hum oozes out of the lava, and it's not the spirit of the rock art whispering at me through the silence

01304-rock-art.jpg A dugout at Thomas Place, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsA fallen joshua tree lays in this wash below the Castle PeaksA dugout at Thomas Place, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsA fallen joshua tree lays in this wash below the Castle PeaksA dugout at Thomas Place, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsA fallen joshua tree lays in this wash below the Castle PeaksA dugout at Thomas Place, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsA fallen joshua tree lays in this wash below the Castle PeaksA dugout at Thomas Place, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsA fallen joshua tree lays in this wash below the Castle Peaks

A yellowjacket wasp floats past, and then a second one. My eyes follow their buzz to a crevice between some rocks, where I see more. They apparently have a nest, oblivious (or are they?) to the rock art nearby.