Great American Deserts—February 2011

Desert Plants

Hedgehog Cactus Pencil Cholla

Cottontop Cactus

Boojum Tree

Foxtail Cactus Barrel Cactus

California Fan Palm Joshua Tree

Beavertail Cactus

Hoop Dance Championships, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona

A Turning Point: Navajo Weaving in the Late 20th Century

Sarah Begay “Eighteen in One Sampler” Genevieve Shirley “Ganado Red Rug”

Ocean to Ocean Bridge (1915), Yuma, Arizona

Algodones Dunes, Californiaʼs Imperial Valley

Palm Springs Aerial Tramway

Joshua Tree National Park with Hidden Valley

Joshua Tree National Park

Geokinetic Sculptures by Steven L. Rieman

Kelso Railroad Depot, Mojave National Preserve, California

Ubehebe Crater, Death Valley National Park

Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park

Zabriski Point—Death Valley National Park

Scotty’s Castle, Death Valley National Park

Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park