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Beautiful landscape in the national nature reserve - Red Canyon, near Eilat, in southern Israel

Moab, Utah, United states - June 4, 2015: A group of Japanese tourists visiting the Balanced Rock area of Arches National Park

Butterflies drinking water on nature location of Croatia, Europe

Climate Change, Change, Sustainable Resources, Growth, Plant

Rocks at Bryce Canyon National Park in Bryce Canyon City, Utah

Three people ride their mountain bikes along a gravel road near Moab, Utah, USA.

USA Southwest outdoors: hiking on the trails of Arches National Park. The cryptobiotic delicate desert soil and biocrusts are a crucial ecosystem feature

Lizard under the rock

Rock background, Horseshoe Bend, Arizona

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.

In Capitol Reef National Park, colorful Utah penstemon flowers grow out of the dried pine needles and red rocks along Capitol Gorge Pioneer Trail.

Butterflies

Spitzkoppe

Miniature tree in paquimé chihuahua ruins

USA Southwest outdoors: hiking on the trails of Arches National Park. Landscapes and Southwest USA desert ecosystem, details of the rocks

Little Tiny Leafed Bud Plant Growing Orange Desert Red Sand

small canyon you can find going inside the Valley of Fire in southern Nevada

Western Colorado Desert and Agricultural Outdoors Southwest USA Natural Environment Textures and Backgrounds Macro Nature Red Sandstone Photo Series

volcanic stones in southern ravine of gran canaria

Young millennial male preparing para-glide for start from cliff in Utah in beautiful desert

A closeup of a lizard found at Joshua Tree National Park, California

Adventures in desert of USA Southwest: Woman hiking in Arches National Park

$Nearly a thousand years ago natives inhabited the plains between the Painted Desert and the San Francisco Peaks of Arizona. In an area so dry it would seem impossible to live, they built pueblos, harvested rainwater, grew crops and raised families. Today the remnants of their villages dot the landscape. Wukoki, a modern Hopi word for \$

Desert plants growing in the sand. Eroded landscape, Arches National Park, Moab, Utah, USA

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.

Photos along Hole in the rock road outside of escalante, utah in April. Photos include navajo mountain, lake powell, cosmic ashtray, other formations such as sand dunes and broken arrow arch.

Rabbit in the wild

Buttes in the Valley of the Gods, Utah

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