DesertScapes

There's a quiet, understated beauty to be found in the desert. These photos are from around the world, and feature some gorgeous cactus flowers too

[thelostcanyon]

Monsoon storms off to the east, J-Six Ranch, Cochise County, Arizona.

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Mammillaria insularis

Mammillaria insularis in full bloom again. By some reason this species is much more reliable bloomer than it counterpart across the California bay - M. boolii. At least that is the case in my greenhouse.

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- Star Trails in the High Desert -

We went to out for some astro on this past Friday's new moon. Sitting under the stars in a virtually pitch black location, contemplating the universe.

Good times.

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- A Quick Post Processing on a Joshua Tree Milkyway Panorama -

I'll get a properly processed version of this up soon, but I did a quick job on this one just to show the view.

Let's go exploring.

[americasgreatoutdoors]

The rocks and geologic features at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah are so well exposed and so brilliantly colored, that a visit to this remote alien landscape can feel like visiting another planet.  

Photo by Roy Goldsberry (sharetheexperience.org)

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CONNOR MORRIS

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Milky Way, Jupiter and Saturn captured over otherworldly rock formations located in a remote part of New Mexico [2000x2996] [OC] via /r/EarthPorn https://ift.tt/3hs3kCx

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Echinocereus pentalophus

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“Untitled” by | Luke Stackpoole

Namib Desert, Sossusvlei, Namibia, South Africa

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The desert holds a certain quiet, hidden beauty. The secret lies in how you view it...

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Sahara Desert

The Sahara Desert covers 3.6 million square miles. It is almost the same size as the United States or China.

The enormous desert spans 11 countries: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan and Tunisia.