This was taken at Kelso Dunes in Mojave National Preserve. At this late hour the sand was basically glowing.
Here are the footprints of some unknown creature at Kelso Dunes.
Here is another view of Kelso Dunes.
Here is one of the Cinder Cones (and the Moon) at Mojave Nationa l Preserve. The large grouping of Cinder Cones in the area is a National Natural Landmark. The horizontal line on the cinder cone is part of a "road" that goes to the top. Most of the cones have old roads on them unfortunately.
Here is a backlit pricklypear cactus. This photo was taken along the trail to Teutonia Peak. at Mojave National Preserve. From the peak there is a wonderful view of the surrounding terrain and thousands of Joshua Trees are visible as well.
Here is detail photo of a Joshua tree.
This is an interesting rock outcrop along the Hole in the Wall-Mid Hills Trail at Mojave National Preserve. The beginning of this trail is in a narrow canyon made of volcanic rock. You could also spend days scrambling on volcanic rocks near the trailhead. It was easy to climb this outcrop and there was a nice view from the top. The reddish objects in the photo are all barrel cacti.
These are the bones of small mammals eaten by an owl. They were all directly beneath a hole in the outcrop in the previous image. Apparentely, the owl lived up there and dropped undigestable bones to the ground.