Desert Holly

LarryDLarryD Registered Users Posts: 99 Big grins
edited March 9, 2013 in Landscapes
Desert Holly grows in places where other plants can't.. Here it grows in the hostile volcanic ash fields of Death Valley..

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Desert Holly by LarryD Imagery, on Flickr
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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,245 moderator
    edited March 9, 2013
    Striking image. Really nice how the mountain ridge in the background is so clear. Great clouds too. Was this a burn area?
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  • bristleconebristlecone Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2013
    Great image Larry! Lighting is wonderful.
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  • LarryDLarryD Registered Users Posts: 99 Big grins
    edited March 9, 2013
    bristlecone wrote: »
    Great image Larry! Lighting is wonderful.
    David_S85 wrote: »
    Striking image. Really nice how the mountain ridge in the background is so clear. Great clouds too. Was this a burn area?

    Thanks guys...

    This is on the outside slope of a volcano crater (Ubehebe Crater).. the black is volcanic ash and lava cinders..

    Here is a photo of the Crater from last year... The Desert Holly is left of frame a couple of hundred yards down the outside slope..

    for scale, the lines you see, lower left, are hiking trails.

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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited March 9, 2013
    Very nice, Larry and thanks for the info on this very cool little tree. The stormy sky really makes this shot.
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