Desert Pics
Desert Pics
#1Desert Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 3:49pm
Just finishing up some time in the Mojave desert and thought I'd share some pictures:
A beautiful "seussian" fantasy.
These were taken in the Joshua Tree National Park in the southern end of the Mojave near Palm Springs.
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
The Grovers Corners Yenta
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#2re: Desert Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 3:54pmThe pics are beautiful! I have been in that area many times and find it breathtaking. Sometimes the pics don't convey the tranquility of the desert. You have to see it yourself.
Mamie
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#2re: Desert Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:01pm
Tom,
These are breathtaking! I've also been there many times and you've really captured the beauty of the desert there. A couple of those almost look like beautiful paintings. Congratulations on them!
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mamie4 5/14/03
#3re: Desert Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:02pmIt's true! A very spiritual place. I just love it. Tranquil and profound.
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#4re: Desert Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:12pmMy parents moved to Nevada over 20 years ago and they immediately fell in love with the desert. The changes in the desert both seasonally and simply throughout the course of a day inspired Dad to start taking art classes so he could try his hand at painting. He never became very good at it but he never lost his love for the desert and it gave him great peace and tranquility in his final years.
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mamie4 5/14/03
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#6re: Desert Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:37pm
You'll have to finish the hat first... 
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#8re: Desert Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 6:17pmThanks, Kasie!
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
#9re: Desert Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 7:42pm
Here's a few more...
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Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#10re: Desert Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 7:45pmTom - when were these taken? I mean - what time of the year?
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mamie4 5/14/03
#11re: Desert Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 7:48pmThese were taken on Thursday of last week.
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Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#12re: Desert Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 7:56pmYou MUST go back in the spring - when the cactus blooms. It's breathtaking!
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mamie4 5/14/03
#13re: Desert Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 7:59pm
I was there a couple of years ago and it truly was breathtaking. Unfortunately I didn't get pictures of the blooming cacti.
I did get some shots of the wild desert flowers though.
My folks have a home here now, so I hope to be back more frequently!
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
#14re: Desert Pics
Posted: 2/27/08 at 4:10pm
Oh well, I'm back in NYC! As much as I love the desert, I always miss my town.
Don't miss the cold, though...brrrr
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
#16re: Desert Pics
Posted: 2/27/08 at 5:02pm
You definitely should visit! I wish I could have been able to shoot the sunrise and sunset. The most beautiful colors imaginable.
A photographers dream.
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
#17re: Desert Pics
Posted: 2/27/08 at 5:05pm
Those photos are beautiful too. I have never been to a desert..well.. Las Vegas..but I did not see any landscape as beautiful as this.. thanks tom...
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#18re: Desert Pics
Posted: 2/27/08 at 5:21pm
Thanks, again, Jay!
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
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