Gifts from the Desert Photo Gallery by Dan Ng at pbase.com

Gifts from the Desert

At first glance, the Southern California desert may appear to be a seemingly desolate place as you speed by on the interstate.
It demands very little...hardly any water, scant shade or fertile soils. It is parched by the hot sun and dried by the evening winds.
And yet, for a brief time in the spring, if conditions are right, the desert gives back much more than it has taken...
the synchronized blossoming of wildlflowers and symphony of colors for all of us to marvel.

Desert Gold Flower	Field of Unfurled Poppies	Fiddlenecks in the Sun	Death Valley Desert Gold
Poppies and Lupines	Gilia	Goldfields	White Lupine
Desert Five-Spot	Overcast Poppies	Blue Lupines	California's State Flower - the Poppy
Ocotillo in Bloom	Phacelia	Poppy Bouquet	Desert Dandelions
Owl's Clover	Cholla Garden	Phacelia	Ocotillo Flower Buds
Purple Bouquet of Gilias	Field of Poppies	Tidytips	Field of Lupines
Poppy Profiles	Unfurled Desert Five-spot	Old Cholla Fruits	Poppies as Far as the Eye Can See
Desert Gold Sunset	Yucca Blossoms	Poppies and Antique Farm Machinery	Tall Blue Lupine
Desert Dandelions	Carpet of Poppies	Ocotillo Flower Heads	Desert Dandelions and Mountains
Desert Primrose	Field of Multi-Colored Wildflowers		Closed Poppies
Blue Lupine Spike	Verbena	Yellow-tinged Orange Poppies

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Cheryl		03-Mar-2009 20:24
Simply breathtaking! The poppies & lupines in the Carrizo Plain will give me more of reason to accompany my amateur geologist husband there! Maybe we should go there instead of Death Valley this spring? Have you ever seen a 5-spot type flower w/ heart-shaped spots? I had some growing from a packet of wildflower seeds we planted several years ago. Keep up the beautiful work!

Brian with an Eye		06-Jun-2007 10:53
A wonderful gallery, full of colour and interest. ~V~

Carl Baggott		25-May-2007 18:00
This is excellent work and perfect timing - voted.

Dave Hodges		12-Apr-2007 02:58
An inspiring gallery Dan. One of my favorites. V

Jennie Marie Schell		20-Mar-2007 21:04
Outstanding gallery, excellent layout of design! Voted!

Lloyd & Sandy Spitalnik		18-Feb-2007 10:36
Stunning gallery. Exquisite colors and scenes. VOTE Sandy&Lloyd

Bryan Ramsay		25-Jan-2007 02:29
This is superb, I'm looking forward to a good year of desert flowers this year. -BJ

carol j. phipps		24-Jan-2007 14:24
Voted. Thanks for sharing these gifts from the desert.

Jean D		21-Jan-2007 03:11
WOW! Dan this is a superb gallery! I'm sure glad you visited otheriwise I may never have found out about your beautiful images. Excellent! GMV.

Olaf Herrig		20-Jan-2007 19:30
Excellent gallery! Vote!

Guest		17-Jan-2007 01:50
Amazing shots, I like colors and contrast.

Terri Steele		15-Jan-2007 15:25
Exquisite collection! I spent several months in socal in 2005.... Makes me want to go back. Voted.

Emmanuel Panagiotakis		09-Jan-2007 23:09
Breathtaking shots here my friend Bravo :)

Gil Purcil		22-Dec-2006 15:05
What a wonderful gallery. Great landscape and lovely flowers. Vote!

Joy Miller		16-Dec-2006 22:02
Beautiful collection of desert wild flowers. vote.

Marj Shockley		16-Dec-2006 02:55
Excellent captures and a beautiful gallery! V

Bryan Ramsay		15-Dec-2006 02:37
What a superb collection of desert wildflowers!! -BJ

Robert Charity		04-Dec-2006 03:04
wow I just love this gallery - please add more, V

edwina beaumont		02-Dec-2006 14:58
you were there at just the right time. such an explosion of colour

Patricia Lay-Dorsey		29-Nov-2006 04:15
Exquisite images of the desert in flower. Such a sign of hope in today's rather discouraging times. Thank you for taking me there. Voted.

firstbrook		28-Nov-2006 09:27
Beautiful colours......

enny jameson		28-Nov-2006 08:19
wow again a really gorgeous gallery, all pics are wonderful, one favorite, but they all are very nice,v.

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