"Persistence of Fragility" for #ThrowbackThursday, from a hike into Sandstone Canyon at Anza Borrego Desert State Park, in January 2014.
This mesquite came tumbling down from the cliff's edge, and after sorting its limbs, continued to grow at the base of the sandstone walls where it landed.
My friend @jwsmithphoto and I spent a day exploring various areas along the Borrego-Salton-Seaway and these are the Borrego Badlands, seen from Vista del Malpais.
#ThrowbackThursday to 10 years ago and a desert hike into the surreal landscape of Arroyo Tapiado in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, where this Desert Agave managed to hold on in some dirt. Photographed in November 2013.
Autumn morning at a bend of the Merced River in Yosemite Valley, with the sunlit wall of El Capitan (Tu-tok-a-nu'-la) in the background; Yosemite National Park, California; October 2023.