Art and Creativity — Nature as Art: Spiny Things in Close-Up!

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Most of the time, we tend to not give deserts much of a second look.

If we come from a place that tends to be lush and green, the desert can look a bit lifeless. But deserts are far from lifeless!

We periodically visit the high desert area around Joshua Tree in California, and I love photographing the local plants and wildlife, because they are so different from where we live in the wet Pacific Northwest.

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You might wonder what kind of alien landscape that is, but it is just the spines of a particular type of cactus, in extreme close-up.

Not the tiny "ridges" on each spine; each perhaps representing a growth season. Some of these plants are 100's of years old!

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Wouldn't want to accidentally fall into that!

Desert plants are so well-protected to keep animals from eating them to get to the watery parts inside. In the desert, everything is a contest for water.

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The blooms are extremely well-protected, as well!

I chose to show them in black and white because it made the images look more dramatic.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look!

Thanks for looking!

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