The Quail Springs hike turned out to be very productive. So much so that I had to split it into two posts! As you may recall from my last post, it was a hot summer day and I was hiking solo, so I was being careful to keep my hike to a comfortable distance as well as hike in an area of JTNP at higher elevation where it's a tad cooler.
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| Not quite sunset, but getting close. |
Let's follow the sun as it drops down and below the horizon. All of these photos were taken a short distance from the Quail Springs parking lot. Unfortunately, Blogger scrambled the order of the photos, but you get the idea!
Thanks for joining me on another desert adventure!
Linking with Skywatch Friday.
The 3rd and 5th after "coming close"" are my favorite - how do you call these trees again? Very distinct. The desert has its own charm:) Like condensed milk can - (a reminder for the health freaks) any food is better than no food. Have a fun weekend Peter.
ReplyDeleteI never know what to say when I read through your posts, most of the time I am in awe at what you see, the photos are just stunning but photo's Six, nine and the last stand out
ReplyDeleteSo much rich colors. You do an outstanding job with the photography.
ReplyDeleteThe gold horizon is soft as butter and the branches in silhouette like dangling caterpillars.
ReplyDeleteThe gold horizon is soft as butter and the branches in silhouette like dangling caterpillars. Sorry, first try turned out Anonymous for some reason. :)
ReplyDelete...I love the golden glow, we saw a sunset similar to this last week.
ReplyDeleteThose pictures are breathtaking!!
ReplyDeleteThat golden hour series of photos are just impressive. The historical trash ticks my fancy of anything old and rusted too. Great shots!
ReplyDeleteDearest Peter,
ReplyDeleteThe setting sun pictures are incredible—would have loved to see that in person!
Thanks for sharing.
Hugs,
Mariette
Sublime shots.
ReplyDeleteAmazing series of photos, Loved the post
ReplyDeleteYou´ve handeled your against the light shots very well here. Not surprisingly, you´re a great photographer inmo. Or then you have a good camera. 😉 Or both.
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm loving the colors in the sky.
ReplyDeleteThat condensed milk can brought back lots of memories. Seems like people used that a lot more back in the day than they do now.
your sunset images are amazing
ReplyDeleteStunning shots. (I remember doing that with cans, opening both sides so it will pour. Takes me back.)
ReplyDeleteI love those Joshua tree and setting sun views! My mother always used condensed milk in her coffee and we would make frozen ice milk with it when we were kids .
ReplyDeleteLet me go 5 steps to the kitchen, I´ll find an "old" condensed milk can from the weekend, looks exactly like this! Some good concepts stay around forever.
ReplyDeleteThose pictures are so-so-so beautiful!!!! Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful! Your work is always the best.
ReplyDeleteMy mother used to open her condensed milk cans like that. I used to sneak it sometimes,, sucking out one side of the can. Somehow she always knew and I used to get into endless trouble :)
ReplyDeletegreat sunsets. the image just before sunset has something very attractive about it.
ReplyDeleteThe golden hour photos are absolutely beautiful. Finding the old trash gives us an insight of what people used back then.
ReplyDeleteYour sunset shots are delightful.
ReplyDeleteAlways very nice; beautiful sunset lighting. The historic trash finds are always interesting, too.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing. Wondering if the sunsets are always that colorful. I'm amazed that the cans lasted like 100 years.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous sunset shots in the desert ~ Xo
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
That was how we opened the cans of condensed milk by punching 2 holes with a knife before we have the modern can openers. Stunning sunsets in the desert.
ReplyDeleteThat was a true desert, summer sunset.
ReplyDeleteI love historic trash! And the desert colors in your photos are so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely wonderful
ReplyDeleteIn one word. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOh! These are gorgeous photos! To see these scenes in person must be a true joy.
ReplyDeleteThat last photo is absolutely iconic Joshua Tree NP and I wish I had taken it and could frame it!! This really was a wonderful hike. Historical trash is fun to find, but always makes me think about how we hate it in modern times but feel like we've found gold if it's old like this. They had signs in Alaska about not picking up old trash because of its historical value. (I am old enough to remember condensed milk cans that simply had to be opened that way. For me it was because my mother said so.)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sunset pictures!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, especially 6, 7, and 8.
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