Cute little California Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus) Joshua Tree National Park, California, United States.
Others Special Place #2: The American Desert
- Thread starter Greg Shchepanek
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Western Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana ssp. elegans) Joshua Tree National Park, California, United States.
Close up of a cactus flower: Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris) Mojave National Preserve, California, United States.
Just got an identification on this little beauty of the desert: Notch-Leaved Phacelia (Phacelia crenulata) Joshua Tree National Park, California, United States.
American Snout Butterfly (Libytheana carinenta) Saguaro National Park • Rincon Mountain District. Arizona, United States.
Would love to Marco this guy and get a good shot of the proboscis!!
Would love to Marco this guy and get a good shot of the proboscis!!
Greg Shchepanek That are so amazing pictures! I don't think that I'll ever see those places in America. Too far away and actually much too expensive for me. But I really enjoy this and thinking about how it might be to see all this by myself.
Helix_2648 I would love to see more of your Germany...I have visited your country twice now & have had a most excellent time in that beautiful rich place 
Agassiz’s Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) Kelso Sand Dunes • Mojave National Preserve, California, United States. Listed as vulnerable: www.iucnredlist.org/details/9400/0 Conservation Status: imperiled (S2) in California, US (NatureServe)
A desert thistle, New Mexico Thistle (Cirsium neomexicanum) Agua Fria National Monument, Arizona, United States.
Texas Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia engelmannii) Saguaro National Park • Rincon Mountain District. Arizona, United States.
Nikon Coolpix S9900 • ƒ/4.2 7.6 mm 1/1600 125 Flash (off, did not fire)
Nikon Coolpix S9900 • ƒ/4.2 7.6 mm 1/1600 125 Flash (off, did not fire)
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