Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada – March 2023 – Part 10

It was a cloudy, overcast morning for this outing in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

Niche

I’m always amazed at how some desert shrubs can survive with very little in the way of actual soil in which to put down roots.

Rocky Life
Scarred Monolith
Will it Rain?
Rock Spine
On The Rocks
Rock Portals
Rocky Little Canyon
Beginning or Ending?

A narrow wash with an apparent dead end, but is it the end of this canyon in the making or is this wash continuing to grow into a canyon?  I suspect erosion will continue at a very slow rate and this short, shallow wash will grow into a deeper and longer canyon over a geologic time interval.

Cholla Sentinel

This was supposed to be a sunrise shoot, but as one can see there was little sunshine early this morning.

Stay tuned for more of Valley of Fire,

Ken

 

 

2 thoughts on “Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada – March 2023 – Part 10”

    1. Thanks, GeoDel. It is definitely hot and dry in that part of the U.S. much of the year. Even the wet season is not all that wet.

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