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Cholla cactus, brittlebush, ocotillo and various cacti and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Image ID: 10975 Species: Opuntia, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA	Tiny hikers atop Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California. Near Stovepipe Wells lies a region of sand dunes, some of them hundreds of feet tall. Image ID: 15577 Location: Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley National Park, California, USA	Mesquite Dunes sunrise, dawn, clouds and morning sky, sand dunes. Image ID: 28689 Location: Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Milky Way at Night over Arch Rock, Joshua Tree National Park. Image ID: 30220 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4709 x 9140

Rainbow and clearing storm clouds, sunrise light on Manly Beacon, Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, California. Image ID: 27660 Location: Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, California, USA	The Milky Way galaxy arches over Arch Rock on a clear evening in Joshua Tree National Park. Image ID: 26792 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA	Racetrack sailing stone and star trails. A sliding rock of the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter. Image ID: 27671 Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Sailing stone on the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter. Image ID: 27689 Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California, USA	Image ID: 28426 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA	Venus sets over Manley Beacon and the Panamint Mountains, viewed from Zabriskie Point, landscape lit by a full moon, evening, stars. Image ID: 28677 Location: Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Mesquite Dunes sunrise, dawn, clouds and morning sky, sand dunes. Image ID: 28680 Location: Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley National Park, California, USA	Joshua Trees in early morning light. Image ID: 22112 Species: Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA	Eureka Valley Dune Evening Primrose. A federally endangered plant, Oenothera californica eurekensis is a perennial herb that produces white flowers from April to June. These flowers turn red as they age. The Eureka Dunes evening-primrose is found only in the southern portion of Eureka Valley Sand Dunes system in Indigo County, California. Image ID: 25237 Species: Eureka Valley Dune Evening Primrose, Oenothera californica eurekensis, Oenothera deltoides Location: Eureka Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Sunrise in Joshua Tree National Park. Image ID: 22100 Species: Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA	Brittlebush blooms in spring, Palm Canyon, Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 24304 Species: Brittlebush, Encelia farinosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA	Sunset on the Last Chance Mountain Range, seen from Eureka Valley Sand Dunes. Image ID: 25238 Location: Eureka Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Sunset and boulders, Joshua Tree National Park. Sunset lights the giant boulders and rock formations near Jumbo Rocks in Joshua Tree N.P. Image ID: 26719 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 5493 x 10035

Boulders and sunset in Joshua Tree National Park. The warm sunlight gently lights unusual boulder formations at Jumbo Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park, California. Image ID: 26726 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA	Joshua Trees silhouetted against predawn sunrise light. Image ID: 22115 Species: Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA	Racetrack Playa, an ancient lake now dried and covered with dessicated mud. Image ID: 25263 Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California, USA

The Milky Way galaxy arcs above Arch Rock, panoramic photograph, cylindrical projection. Image ID: 26848 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 6121 x 10275	Eureka Dunes. The Eureka Valley Sand Dunes are California's tallest sand dunes, and one of the tallest in the United States. Rising 680' above the floor of the Eureka Valley, the Eureka sand dunes are home to several endangered species, as well as "singing sand" that makes strange sounds when it shifts. Located in the remote northern portion of Death Valley National Park, the Eureka Dunes see very few visitors. Image ID: 25250 Location: Eureka Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, USA	Star trails and Arch Rock. Polaris, the North Star, is at the center of the circular arc star trails as they pass above this natural stone archway in Joshua Tree National Park. Image ID: 27709 Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California, USA

The Milky Way Galaxy shines in the night sky with a Joshua Tree silhouetted in the foreground. Image ID: 27805 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA

Joshua Tree National Park, Milky Way and Moon, Shooting Star, Comet Panstarrs, Impending Dawn. Image ID: 28408 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4205 x 10821

Live Oak and Milky Way, rocks and stars, Joshua Tree National Park at night. Image ID: 28417 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4848 x 7431	Full moon over Zabriskie Point landscape. Image ID: 28676 Location: Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, California, USA	Mesquite Dunes sunrise, dawn, clouds and morning sky, sand dunes. Image ID: 28688 Location: Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley National Park, California, USA

A sliding rock of the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter. Image ID: 25239 Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California, USA	Perseid Meteor Shower over Arch Rock, Joshua Tree National Park, Aug 13, 2014. Image ID: 31144 Location: Arch Rock, Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA