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Red-yellow light is cast across the lower western flank of Cima Dome at sunset near Button Mountain, Mojave National Preserve

04381-button-mountain.jpg With the Button Mountain road 100 feet from my tent, I watch a nice sunset through the joshua trees toward the Cow Cove areaThumbnailsVolcanic ash is scattered around here and I can see the cinder cones that I'm used to seeing when riding up Kelbaker RoadWith the Button Mountain road 100 feet from my tent, I watch a nice sunset through the joshua trees toward the Cow Cove areaThumbnailsVolcanic ash is scattered around here and I can see the cinder cones that I'm used to seeing when riding up Kelbaker RoadWith the Button Mountain road 100 feet from my tent, I watch a nice sunset through the joshua trees toward the Cow Cove areaThumbnailsVolcanic ash is scattered around here and I can see the cinder cones that I'm used to seeing when riding up Kelbaker RoadWith the Button Mountain road 100 feet from my tent, I watch a nice sunset through the joshua trees toward the Cow Cove areaThumbnailsVolcanic ash is scattered around here and I can see the cinder cones that I'm used to seeing when riding up Kelbaker RoadWith the Button Mountain road 100 feet from my tent, I watch a nice sunset through the joshua trees toward the Cow Cove areaThumbnailsVolcanic ash is scattered around here and I can see the cinder cones that I'm used to seeing when riding up Kelbaker Road

All those dark clouds earlier in the day seem to have dissipated or blown away. The quiet is intense; even though I saw many birds on the way here, I'm not hearing many.