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Photo of 17 Palms Oasis

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Latitude: 33° 15' 17.76" N, Longitude: 116° 6' 38.46" W, Coord: 33.254936°, -116.11069°
Filed under: California, Desert on 5/23/2007

17 Palms Oasis is located in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, several miles down the lunar-looking Arroyo Salado wash. The drive along Arroyo Salado is fun and relatively simple, although a four-wheel drive car is recommended. Seventeen Palms Oasis, consisting of (not surprisingly) 17 palms, appears out of nowhere as you drive down the wash and is a curious finding in the middle of such a barren landscape. It exists because of a shallow, subsurface supply of fresh water.

Seventeen Palms Oasis, Borrego Badlands.,  Copyright Phillip Colla, image #05538, all rights reserved worldwide.
Seventeen Palms Oasis, Borrego Badlands. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA.
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Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA
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Seventeen Palms Oasis, Borrego Badlands.,  Copyright Phillip Colla, image #05539, all rights reserved worldwide.
Seventeen Palms Oasis, Borrego Badlands. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA.
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Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA
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