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Sandia Mountains, Albuquerque, Southwest USA, Mountain and New Mexico as primary.

Plants on the mediterranean beach growing in the sand

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.

A wide angle horizontal daylight color digital photography of southwest desert in California, USA.

California desert landscape, cacti and other desert plants in rock desert in the foothills, California

Distant mountain range in Libyan Sahara desert

Desert landscape view in South Australia.

Panorama view of amazing natural geological formation, Grand Canyon in Arizona, Southern Rim. Tourism and vacations concept.

Greek orthodox chapel at St. Anthony's monastery in Arizona

Plant in Etosha National Park at Kunene Region, Namibia

Creosote bush, Larrea tridentata, Arizona, USA

Southwest United State

Spinifex plants

Panoramic view of Pinto Basin and Pinto Mountain in Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Desert, California, USA

Nullarbor Plain - South Australia

Desert bushland near the town of Marree, South Australia state.

Wyoming sagebrush and various grasses, plants, and flowers

Green grassy prairie and sky with cumulus in Utah, along highway 59 near Kabab

Plants on the mediterranean beach growing in the sand

$A myrrh bush (Commiphora myrrha) in the dry landscape in the Northern Cape, South Africa, on the border with Namibia. Myrrh resin is used as incense, perfume and medicine, and is considered\na highly valuable commodity, one of the three presented to Mary and Joseph at the birth of Christ.$

The Vast Sonora desert in central Arizona USA on a early Spring morning

Wildflowers in high altitude meadows and forests in the Grand Canyon National Park Arizona as seen on the North Rim near Walhala Point Overlook

(Cylindropuntia versicolor) Prickly cylindropuntia with yellow fruits with seeds. Arizona cacti, USA

Ambrosia dumosa, the burro-weed or white bursage, a North American species of plants in the sunflower family and found in Death Valley National Park, California. Asteraceae.

Death Valley landscape on a sunny winter afternoon, near Beatty junction.

Spring Flowers Coming To Life After Winter in Canyon in Colorado Burnt Trees in Sight. Life and Death. Springtime. Resurrection.

Sunny day in Australian outback

Scenery at Valley of Fire Recreation Area, New Mexico, USA

evening view of Monahans Sanhills State Park in Texas

Atacama desert, Chile, South America with a field of grass growing on the ground

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