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Looking toward the Castle Peaks, the buckwheat flowers pick up the sunset light differently

6299-malpais-spring-road.jpg The pale buckwheat flowers look pinker in the blush of sunset near Malpais Spring, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsThe nearby Castle Mountains and Hart Peak radiate in the sunset near Malpais SpringThe pale buckwheat flowers look pinker in the blush of sunset near Malpais Spring, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsThe nearby Castle Mountains and Hart Peak radiate in the sunset near Malpais SpringThe pale buckwheat flowers look pinker in the blush of sunset near Malpais Spring, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsThe nearby Castle Mountains and Hart Peak radiate in the sunset near Malpais SpringThe pale buckwheat flowers look pinker in the blush of sunset near Malpais Spring, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsThe nearby Castle Mountains and Hart Peak radiate in the sunset near Malpais SpringThe pale buckwheat flowers look pinker in the blush of sunset near Malpais Spring, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsThe nearby Castle Mountains and Hart Peak radiate in the sunset near Malpais Spring

Sunset is perhaps the best time of day to be outside in the desert. Professional photographers already know this, but my travels are not always so perfectly scheduled.