The California Desert
 
Joshua Tree National Park, near Ryan Campground, just before a storm moved in

 

One of the famed Joshua Trees in Joshua Tree National Monument. These trees can live 200+ years in a alternately baking (ALL summer) and freezing (a couple of months during the winter) climate.
   
This is one of the formations near the Hidden Valley campground. So that you can get a feel for the size, the orange speck at the bottom middle of the formation is a guy who is about 6’ tall.
   
A shot of the trees, sky, rocks and shrubs in the late afternoon at Joshua Tree