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Colorado Desert

A winding dirt road climbs through barren desert hills toward distant mountains.

Dirt Roads to Nowhere

A wide desert landscape with sparse vegetation, trucks traveling along Interstate 10, and rugged mountains rising in the background.

I-10 West of Chiriaco Summit

Black-and-white landscape photograph of rugged, eroded badlands with rounded hills, deep gullies, and layered rock formations illuminated by contrasting sunlight and shadow.

Light and Shadow in Anza-Borrego’s Badlands

Early morning sunlight illuminates the golden cliffs of Fonts Point in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, with photographers silhouetted against the sky.

First Light at Fonts Point

Golden sunrise over the distant Salton Sea, illuminating the rugged, eroded badlands below Fonts Point in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.

Sunrise at Fonts Point

Jagged red, tan, and gray rock formations in the Mecca Hills of Southern California.

Colors of the Mecca Hills

Rugged Santa Rosa Mountains rising above the Salton Sea, with birds flying over the water and a camper along the shoreline.

Santa Rosa Mountains Across the Salton Sea

Colorful, layered rock formations in Painted Canyon in California's Mecca Hills.

Painted Canyon

Pelicans and other waterbirds gather on the Salton Sea at dawn, with pink reflections and distant desert mountains.

Early Morning Birds at the Salton Sea

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