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A river runs dry in the state of Arizona.
Grave markers dot the battlefield at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana, USA.
(Cylindropuntia versicolor) Prickly cylindropuntia with yellow fruits with seeds. Arizona cacti, USA
Perched on a fence post, a pyrrhuloxia, also known as the desert cardinal, searches for food in the Chihuahuan Desert near the horse corral in Big Bend Ranch State Park in west Texas.
A Western Meadowlark sings from a rabbit-brush with a large tree and mountains in the background.
Grassland pastures and wetlands in Inner Mongolia, China.
A dry desert wash/arroyo with various desert plants. A Gambel's quail is hiding in the middle ground.
Acoma, NM: Historic Marker for Acoma Pueblo
the lentil on field in summer time.
At Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado
Sandia Mountains in New Mexico
An American Kestrel shows interest in taking a tour loop at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
The young cedars at the shore of the Mono Lake, with the remote view of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Early fall, October's cloudy day, California, USA
A tranquil morning captured in a frame, where the delicate grass blades sway subtly, crowned with nature's jewels - dew. Amidst the green, budding blooms promise a new beginning.
An Antelope Ground Squirrel busily eats its way through a Joshua Tree seed pod in the Mojave Desert, while sitting stop. Just outside Las Vegas, NV.
Gore Range Sunset View in Early Winter - Golden hour light on scenic mountains near Vail, Colorado USA.
The grasses and sunflowers of the plains of Eastern Colorado hide the horrible history of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. It was in these cottonwood trees that over 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians were killed without provocation by Colonel John Chivington and two regiments of soldiers on the morning of November 29, 1864. The tribes under Black Kettle and White Antelope, had signed a treaty committing to live in peace, but Chivington was looking for political gain and took it upon himself to instigate a massacre of unassuming men, women and children.The massacre site was kept secret for years and was not identified publically until 1999. In 2007 the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site was established outside of Eads, Colorado.
I am fascinated by what appears to be a sterile dead environment until I look closer and see tiny mosses, lichens and algae actually growing a stabilizing soil on undistrubed sand. I learned about this fragile cryptobiotic soil from rangers in the United States National Parks.
Bushes between sand dunes in Sahara desert, Merzouga, Morocco.
Sagebrush covers the battle ground were on On December 21, 1866, hundreds of Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapahoe fought and killed U. S. Army troops led by Captain Fetterman along the Lodge Trail Ridge on the Bozeman trail in northern Wyoming. The Army lost 81 men and the tribes lost over 20 warriors.
Everlasting flowers
The public sign at the entrance to the town of Alice Springs in the dead centre of Australia.
Dry grass glows in the rays of the setting sun in a desert area around Phoenix, Arizona
Sunny day on a gravel road with clouds and blue skies
the grassland with different varieties as a great habitat on earth
Photo taken in Billings, United States
Dry mountain near Hawker, South Australia.
Owens Valley is an incredibly diverse environment with the Sierra Mountains on one side and other mountains on the other side. We have been to this location looking at the migrating birds before but now it's all dried up due to the drought.
Traveling seldom used tire rutted trail on the Montana plains in central Montana, in western USA of North America.
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