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This stunning view captures the arid beauty of the Anza-Borrego Desert, framed by the rugged Santa Rosa Mountains. These mountains, part of the Peninsular Ranges, rise dramatically from the desert floor, creating a striking contrast with the surrounding terrain. Known for their geological diversity and ancient history, the Santa Rosa Mountains were once home to the Cahuilla people, who thrived in this challenging landscape. The foreground is dotted with cholla cacti and desert shrubs, showcasing the hardy vegetation adapted to this harsh yet enchanting desert environment.

Yes prickly pear (Opuntia sp.), sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata), and green ephedra (Ephedra viridis).

At the left is an exposure of the Chinle Formation, mostly mudstone, formed in a tropical environment from deposits in densely vegetated floodplains or mudflats containing shallow ponds and small shallow streams, ~232 to ~206.7 million years ago, during the Carnian, Norian, and Rhaetian ages of the Late Triassic epoch in the Mesozoic era.

In the distance at the right is Wingate Sandstone of the Glen Canyon Group, formed from Sahara-like dune deposits, ~206.7 to ~199.8 million years ago, also in the Mesozoic era, during the Rhaetian age of the Late Triassic epoch and the Hettangian age of the Early Jurassic epoch.

You ought to be ecstatic at this.

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In Colorado National Monument in Mesa County, Colorado, on August 20th, 2022, along the No Thoroughfare Canyon Trail in No Thoroughfare Canyon.

Rock identification is per this map and its accompanying text, and per Macrostrat.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Colorado Plateau (general region) (7030678)
• Mesa (county) (2000230)
• No Thoroughfare Canyon (2542480)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• Asteraceae (family) (300375557)
• cliffs (300008749)
• Gnetophyta (division) (300265703)
• Jurassic (300391259)
• Mesozoic (300391255)
• mudstone (300011280)
• national monuments (300007037)
• parks (recreation areas) (300008187)
• prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) (300445475)
• sandstone (300011376)
• scrublands (300386891)
• summer (season) (300133099)
• Triassic (300391257)

Wikidata items:
• 20 August 2022 (Q69306527)
• Artemisia tridentata (Q2117903)
• August 20 (Q2824)
• August 2022 (Q61313034)
• Colorado National Monument (Q1111312)
• Colorado Plateau (Q925906)
• Colorado Plateau shrublands (Q97999941)
• Colorado Plateaus (Q60140385)
• Colorado Plateaus ecoregion (Q2984378)
• Colorado Western Slope (Q5148981)
• Deserts and xeric shrublands (Q1246061)
• Early Jurassic (Q284787)
• Ephedra viridis (Q5382151)
• Glen Canyon Group (Q5567629)
• Intermontane Plateaus (Q6047552)
• Late Triassic (Q917293)
• No Thoroughfare Canyon (Q65533856)
• Opuntia (Q158991)
• Semiarid Benchlands and Canyonlands (Q113680068)
• Uncompahgre Plateau (Q7882885)
• Ute Removal Act (Q113985596)
• Wingate Sandstone (Q8025150)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Big sagebrush (sh85013965)
• Cliffs—Colorado (sh89004791)
• National monuments—Colorado (sh85090029)
• Parks—Colorado (sh85098140)

In the Tucson Mountain District of Saguaro National Park west of Tucson, Arizona, on October 6th, 2015, along the Desert Discovery Trail.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
F817.S18 Saguaro National Park (Ariz.)—Pictorial works.
QK495.C11 Saguaro—Pictorial works.
QH104.5.S6 Deserts—Southwestern States—Pictorial works.
QK142 Desert plants—Southwestern States—Pictorial works.
F817.S6 Sonoran Desert—Pictorial works.
F817.P5 Pima County (Ariz.)—Pictorial works.
F819.T943 Tucson Metropolitan Area (Ariz.)—Pictorial works.

The surrounding scenery had been made strange by the freakishness of the towering V-shaped ruins of a dead saguaro.

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In the Tucson Mountain District of Saguaro National Park west of Tucson, Arizona,, on October 6th, 2015, along the Valley View Overlook Trail.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
F817.S18 Saguaro National Park (Ariz.)—Pictorial works.
QK495.C11 Saguaro—Pictorial works.
QK495.C11 Saguaro—Mortality—Pictorial works.
GV199.4 Trails—United States—Pictorial works.
QH58 Nature trails—United States—Pictorial works.
QH104.5.S6 Deserts—Southwestern States—Pictorial works.
QK142 Desert plants—Southwestern States—Pictorial works.
F817.S6 Sonoran Desert—Pictorial works.
F817.P5 Pima County (Ariz.)—Pictorial works.
F819.T943 Tucson Metropolitan Area (Ariz.)—Pictorial works.

A portion of a comical specimen, rather.

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In the Tucson Mountain District of Saguaro National Park west of Tucson, Arizona, on October 6th, 2015, along the Desert Discovery Trail.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
F817.S18 Saguaro National Park (Ariz.)—Pictorial works.
QK495.C11 Saguaro—Pictorial works.
QH104.5.S6 Deserts—Southwestern States—Pictorial works.
QK142 Desert plants—Southwestern States—Pictorial works.
F817.S6 Sonoran Desert—Pictorial works.
F817.P5 Pima County (Ariz.)—Pictorial works.
F819.T943 Tucson Metropolitan Area (Ariz.)—Pictorial works.

In the Rincon Mountain District of Saguaro National Park east of Tucson, Arizona, on October 3rd, 2015, along the Mica View Trail.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
F817.S18 Saguaro National Park (Ariz.)—Pictorial works.
QK495.C11 Cactus—Pictorial works.
QK495.C11 Cactus—Mortality—Pictorial works.
QK495.C11 Prickly pears—Pictorial works.
QH104.5.S6 Deserts—Southwestern States—Pictorial works.
QK142 Desert plants—Southwestern States—Pictorial works.
F817.R5 Rincon Mountains (Ariz.)—Pictorial works.
F817.S6 Sonoran Desert—Pictorial works.
F817.P5 Pima County (Ariz.)—Pictorial works.
F819.T943 Tucson Metropolitan Area (Ariz.)—Pictorial works.

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Wikidata term:
• Cylindropuntia fulgida

In the Tucson Mountain District of Saguaro National Park west of Tucson, Arizona, on October 6th, 2015, along the Desert Discovery Trail.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
F817.S18 Saguaro National Park (Ariz.)—Pictorial works.
QK495.C11 Saguaro—Pictorial works.
QH104.5.S6 Deserts—Southwestern States—Pictorial works.
QK142 Desert plants—Southwestern States—Pictorial works.
F817.P5 Pima County (Ariz.)—Pictorial works.
F817.S6 Sonoran Desert—Pictorial works.
F819.T943 Tucson Metropolitan Area (Ariz.)—Pictorial works.