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Walking westward through the creosote bushes of Ivanpah Valley, I find myself between two power lines

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7382-ivanpah-valley.jpg I cross the train tracks at Nipton for a short sunset hike (four miles round-trip) and enter Mojave National Preserve againThumbnailsMost of Ivanpah Valley is dominated by creosote bushes, but here I pass through an area of small rounded shrubsI cross the train tracks at Nipton for a short sunset hike (four miles round-trip) and enter Mojave National Preserve againThumbnailsMost of Ivanpah Valley is dominated by creosote bushes, but here I pass through an area of small rounded shrubsI cross the train tracks at Nipton for a short sunset hike (four miles round-trip) and enter Mojave National Preserve againThumbnailsMost of Ivanpah Valley is dominated by creosote bushes, but here I pass through an area of small rounded shrubsI cross the train tracks at Nipton for a short sunset hike (four miles round-trip) and enter Mojave National Preserve againThumbnailsMost of Ivanpah Valley is dominated by creosote bushes, but here I pass through an area of small rounded shrubsI cross the train tracks at Nipton for a short sunset hike (four miles round-trip) and enter Mojave National Preserve againThumbnailsMost of Ivanpah Valley is dominated by creosote bushes, but here I pass through an area of small rounded shrubs

The power lines on the right are along busy Nipton Road, while the ones on my left cut across the roadless open desert.