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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 areaThumbnailsThe sun goes down, the moon rises, and everything is perfect tonight near Button Mountain, Mojave National PreserveWith the Button Mountain road 100 feet from my tent, I watch a nice sunset through the joshua trees toward the Cow Cove areaThumbnailsThe sun goes down, the moon rises, and everything is perfect tonight near Button Mountain, Mojave National PreserveWith the Button Mountain road 100 feet from my tent, I watch a nice sunset through the joshua trees toward the Cow Cove areaThumbnailsThe sun goes down, the moon rises, and everything is perfect tonight near Button Mountain, Mojave National PreserveWith the Button Mountain road 100 feet from my tent, I watch a nice sunset through the joshua trees toward the Cow Cove areaThumbnailsThe sun goes down, the moon rises, and everything is perfect tonight near Button Mountain, Mojave National PreserveWith the Button Mountain road 100 feet from my tent, I watch a nice sunset through the joshua trees toward the Cow Cove areaThumbnailsThe sun goes down, the moon rises, and everything is perfect tonight near Button Mountain, Mojave National Preserve

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.