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Sunset tonight at Pachalka Spring, Mojave National Preserve, is quiet again, but not quite as spectacular as last night's show

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04207-pachalka-spring.jpg As the sun sets at Pachalka Spring, I look to the southeast and see the full moon risingThumbnailsGetting home before sunset means that I get to catch that orange desert sunset light that I enjoy so muchAs the sun sets at Pachalka Spring, I look to the southeast and see the full moon risingThumbnailsGetting home before sunset means that I get to catch that orange desert sunset light that I enjoy so muchAs the sun sets at Pachalka Spring, I look to the southeast and see the full moon risingThumbnailsGetting home before sunset means that I get to catch that orange desert sunset light that I enjoy so muchAs the sun sets at Pachalka Spring, I look to the southeast and see the full moon risingThumbnailsGetting home before sunset means that I get to catch that orange desert sunset light that I enjoy so muchAs the sun sets at Pachalka Spring, I look to the southeast and see the full moon risingThumbnailsGetting home before sunset means that I get to catch that orange desert sunset light that I enjoy so much

I stare at the Kingston Range in the distance, which I had hoped to visit during this trip, but it will have to wait until later. I wonder if I will one day get bored with the Mojave Desert, but I always have reasons to come back to this place.

It's quiet except for the warbling of a nearby bird, the distant drone and thuds of the freeway a few miles away, and the singing of a few happy crickets.