Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Desert Trip

I visited this park over the weekend. It's a protected wildlife refuge in the middle of the desert about two hours drive from Los Angeles. It's a fairly large park about the size of the Bekaa valley.




Power Generating Wind Turbine "Farm" Near Palm Springs, California - Feb. 2007







Joshua Tree National Park, California - Feb. 2007







Cactus Garden, Joshua Tree National Park, California - Feb. 2007







Yucca Trees ("yucca brevifolia" a.k.a. "Joshua Tree"), Joshua Tree National Park, California - Feb. 2007







More Yucca Trees, Joshua Tree National Park, California - Feb. 2007







Massive Boulder Formation (40-50m high), Joshua Tree National Park, California - Feb. 2007







More Boulder Formation, Joshua Tree National Park, California - Feb. 2007




4 comments:

Krys said...

Nice cactus and trees :)

Anonymous said...

You should get the book "L'autre liban" by the photograph Pascal Beaudenom..

Magnificent landscapes from our country ;-)

3ameel sahyouneh said...

mellotron>> Indeed. I saw the pictures online on his website:

www.pascalbeaudenon.com/photos_album2.html

Great shots.

Krys said...

You can check also "Lebanon - Memories of a moment" by Clement Tannouri.
Nice shots also

http://www.lebanonpostcard.com/en/liban_memoires_photographie_livre/index.shtml