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Shades and Contrasts

Death Valley
May, 2005

Dune of death

Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Dune with cloud

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Dunes

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Dune to mountain

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Colors of the desert

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Desert sand and shadows

Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Arch

Arches
Death Valley
May 6, 2005
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Badwater

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May 6, 2005
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Badwater

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May 6, 2005
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Embedded rock

Death Valley
May 7, 2005

Erosion

Death Valley
May 7, 2005

Cracked earth

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May 7, 2005

Ubehebe

Death Valley
May 7, 2005

Rock

Death Valley
May 8, 2005
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Uplifting

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May 8, 2005
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Sedimentary, my dear

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Wrecks and derelicts

Wagon chassis

Death Valley
May 8, 2005

Well

Death Valley
May 8, 2005

Borax museum

Death Valley
May 8, 2005
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Derelict horse cart

Death Valley
May 8, 2005
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Derelict train

Train
Death Valley
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Ruined

Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Wagon relict

Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Union Pacific

Trains
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Union Pacific

Trains
Death Valley
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Hotel

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Family: ()
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Rhyolite mercantile

Death Valley
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Bottle wall

Death Valley
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A-rusted

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Glass and ceramic fragments

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Signs

Nevada border

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May 7, 2005
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Near the edge

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Unsafe mine

Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Fauna

Coyote (Canis latrans)
Family: Canidae (dogs)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Coyote (Canis latrans)
Family: Canidae (dogs)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Coyote

Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Blotched

Common side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana)
Family: Phrynosomatidae (phrynosomatid lizards)
Death Valley
May 8, 2005
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Chuck Walla

Common Chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)
Family: Iguanidae (iguanas and chuckwallas)
Death Valley
May 8, 2005
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Damsel

Vivid dancer (Argia vivida)
Family: Coenagrionidae ()
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Grasshopper

Furnace heat lubber (Tytthotyle maculata)
Family: Romaleidae (lubber grasshoppers)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Master Blister Beetle (Lytta magister)
Family: Meloidae (blister beetles)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Mojave Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Family: Asteraceae (sunfliowers, asters, daisies)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Joshua tree

Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia)
Family: Asparagaceae (agaves, yuccas)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia)
Family: Asparagaceae (agaves, yuccas)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia)
Family: Asparagaceae (agaves, yuccas)
Death Valley
May 8, 2005
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Silver cholla (Cylindropuntia echinocarpa)
Family: Cactaceae (cactus)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Silver cholla (Cylindropuntia echinocarpa)
Family: Cactaceae (cactus)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Beavertail cactus (Opuntia basilaris)
Family: Cactaceae (cactus)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Prickly

Beavertail cactus (Opuntia basilaris)
Family: Cactaceae (cactus)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Barrel cactus ()
Family: Cactaceae (cactus)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Mojave fishhook cactus (Sclerocactus polyancistrus)
Family: Cactaceae (cactus)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Mojave fishhook cactus (Sclerocactus polyancistrus)
Family: Cactaceae (cactus)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Harem cactus (Homalocephala polycephala)
Family: Cactaceae (cactus)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Cactus ()
Family: Cactaceae (cactus)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Spines

Harem cactus (Homalocephala polycephala)
Family: Cactaceae (cactus)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Cactus flower

Cholla cactus (Cylindropuntia)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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May 7, 2005
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Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata)
Family Zygophyllaceae (calthrops)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata)
Family Zygophyllaceae (calthrops)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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4 bushes

Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata)
Family Zygophyllaceae (calthrops)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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5 spot

Desert five-spot (Eremalche rotundifolia)
Family: Malvaceae (mallow family)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Date palm ()
Family: Palm (palms)
Death Valley
May, 2005

Floral scorpion

Notch-leaf Scorpion-Weed (Phacelia crenulata )
Family: Boraginaceae (borage family)
Death Valley
May, 2005

Desert gold

Desert gold (Geraea canescens)
Family: Asteraceae (sunfliowers, asters, daisies)
Death Valley
May 8, 2005

Flowers and mountain

Desert gold (Geraea canescens)
Family: Asteraceae (sunfliowers, asters, daisies)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Death Valley
May 6, 2005
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Caltha-leaf phacelia (Phacelia calthifolia )
Family: ()
Death Valley
May 8, 2005
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Turtleback (Psathyrotes ramosissima)
Family: Asteraceae (aster, daisy, sunflower family)
Death Valley
May 8, 2005
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Stickleaf

Desert Rock Nettle (Eucnide urens)
Family: Loasaceae (stckleaf family)
Death Valley
May 8, 2005
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Stickleaf and pollinators

Desert Rock Nettle (Eucnide urens)
Family: Loasaceae (stckleaf family)
Death Valley
May 8, 2005
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Chicory with dodder

Desert chicory (Rafinesquia neomexicana)
Family: Asteraceae (aster, daisy, sunflower family)
California dodder (Cuscuta californica)
Family: Convolulaceae (bindweeds, morning glories)
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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California dodder (Cuscuta californica)
Family: Convolulaceae (bindweeds, morning glories)
Death Valley
May 8, 2005
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California dodder (Cuscuta californica)
Family: Convolulaceae (bindweeds, morning glories)
Death Valley
May 8, 2005
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Denizen of death

Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Wendy photographing me photographing her

Wendy
Death Valley
May 8, 2005
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Angel in the sand

Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Wendy in the sand

Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Wendy and Zarek

Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Flying

Aloft over Ubehebe

Flying
Death Valley
May 7, 2005

Catching an updraft at Devil's Golf Course

Flying
Death Valley
May 5, 2005
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Gliding over the dunes near Stovepipe wells

Flying
Death Valley
May 6, 2005
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Flying
Death Valley
May 5, 2005
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Desert art

Miner penguin

Penguin
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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When death bikes home

Sculpture
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Scrapy art

Sculpture
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Sculpture
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Block person

Sculpture
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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Bumper art

Sculpture
Death Valley
May 7, 2005
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