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Spacerock Trail Race 2021
Was absolutely stoked to be photographing trail races after a long dry year of no events. Feels great to be back on the trails, capturing amazing humans pushing themselves to their limits. Spacerock is an annual race put on by New Global Adventures (www.newglobaladventures.com) at the world famous Vasquez Rocks…
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A Red Tale
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Shortly after moving to Stallion Springs, I discovered a red-tailed hawk nest with fledglings in it. I’ve kept tabs on them ever since. I’ve only seen the parents and a single juvenile for a while, so I’m guessing the second chick didn’t survive. Even though the surviving youngster is fully-fledged…
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Old Sites, New Things - New Sites & Sleeping Rings
Once again the Mojave has peeled back another layer and revealed hidden gems. It’s hard to understate how easy it is to miss petroglyphs and archaeological features in this vast and rugged wilderness. Every boulder is laced with cracks and lines. Patches of lichen further disrupt patterns. Heck, bird droppings…
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Smoking a Desert Pipe
Many are the times I have encountered this odd plant with its bloated sac and branches protruding from it that make it look like some woody troll doll. It was a curiosity, nothing more. But with all things in the natural world, there’s more to it than a funky hairdo…
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I’ve Always Felt This
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“Frank Fraser Darling insisted on going barefoot, year-round, on his
beloved island, on the basis that it was hard to feel the pulse of the
universe through half an inch of Commando sole, and I’m sure that he was
an even better zoologist as a result. I want to have…
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Winter Magic
Stole up to the high desert a day after the storm blew through. Would have loved to be in the wind that painted this. Ice crusts yucca spines until the sun softens it. Then it falls like crystalline rain, coruscating and diamond bright. The shards create patterns in the snow…
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Edie & the Borderlands
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History
Edie Harmon has lived in the Yuha Desert in Imperial County since 1976. She fell in love with the desert while serving two stints with the Peace Corps in Uganda, teaching biology and art. She’s slept on the ground in the Kalahari, climbed Kilimanjaro and Whitney. She was determined…
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Hiking California’s Public Lands - Mojave
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Conglomerate Mesa Under Threat
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I had several posts planned but this needs to take priority.
As an artist, I have profited from images of this land. Photos of this wilderness have been featured in my exhibits in Los Angeles. I have hiked and camped and explored here for over three years. This desert is…
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Fall Colours & the Sierra Nevada
Last week we spontaneously hopped in the car on a Friday afternoon, drove four hours north to Bishop, grabbed some awesome barbecue, crashed in a guest house and set off the next morning to find some autumn colour - something we don’t get much of in Los Angeles. It did…
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