The desert and parts of SoCal have been great this spring! There were patchy 
rainstorms, and flowers are depending upon that. The eastern Mojave Desert got some great fall monsoonal rains and good cold winter rains. Here are some shots near Baker, CA. For those of you not in the know... the verticle line in middle of the second photo - that's the Baker thermometer, the largest thermometer in the world! Oh yeah.
rainstorms, and flowers are depending upon that. The eastern Mojave Desert got some great fall monsoonal rains and good cold winter rains. Here are some shots near Baker, CA. For those of you not in the know... the verticle line in middle of the second photo - that's the Baker thermometer, the largest thermometer in the world! Oh yeah.
This is a spot north of Barstow, CA. They got rain in some of the higher elevations. This may not look very floriforous, but its very impressive in-person.
Isn't this one great?!? This is near the windmill pass east of Los Angeles. Plants that live in drier regions develope spiney hairs to protect themselves from herbivores. This gives them a nice "soft light" when back-lit from the sun. This spot is pretty amazing... I 
was going to post photos of it last year as an example of one of the ugliest places I've ever worked... then we returned this year... and the high rainfall in the LA region germinated all the flowers! Well... okay, I think you just have to see this! Here's a photo from last September: 
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