Dave’s Deserts

This gallery is part of our Desert Air presentation.
Click thumbnails below for more photos © Dave Matherly of deserts in the American West:

Sand Dunes in Death Valley, California

Death Valley sand dunes in California

Arches in the Utah Desert

Century plant, Mojave Desert in California

Fly Geyser, Black Rock Desert in Nevada

The Joshua tree, a conspicuous inhabitant of the Mojave Desert

Joshua tree, Mojave Desert in Nevada

Native California Fan Palm oasis, native to California found in Borrego Palm Canyon in Anza Borrego State Park

Mojave Desert in Nevada

Ocotillo in bloom, Sonoran Desert in Arizona

Prickly Pear cactus, Great Basin Desert in Nevada

Indian Paintbrush in sage (Great Basin Desert, Nevada), one of the first desert wildflowers to bloom

Teddy Bear Cholla cactus, Sonoran Desert in Nevada

Yuccas just west of Las Vegas, Mt. Charleston (11,918 feet), the highest in the Spring Mountains

Great Basin Desert in Nevada

Image Gallery adapted from FrogJS by Eric Puidokas.