Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve has more than just California poppies.
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Brad Marston
@bradmarston@mountains.social
mastodon 4.7.3Hiker and trail worker; also climate and quantum physicist. Rhode Island and California. Mostly #hiking, #wilderness, #meditation, and #outdoors (and occasionally some related politics). Long distance hiking is a form of meditation. For science follow me at @bradmarston@fediscience.org
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Hole-in-the-Wall and Banshee canyon.
Views from Mojave National Preserve: Kelso Sand Dunes, moon rising above Joshua trees before lunar eclipse, dusk, and Kelso depot.
Rhode Island’s Great Swamp.
View of Mt. San Gorgonio from the Cougar Crest Trail.
View from Arthur’s Seat, a volcanic core next to Edinburgh. Wind was so strong I couldn’t record at the very top and still stand.
Cactus gardens in the Mojave that remind me of the Superstition Wilderness in Arizona.
Miners lettuce, a red tail hawk eating a snake, and Mt. San Antonio (Baldy) and Big Dalton Dam as seen from the Coulter Pine trail.
California chorus frogs (I think) along the Mojave river. Sound up!
Zzyzx aka the Desert Studies Center.
Cima Dome, Teutonia Peak, and a mine shaft. Most of the dense Joshua tree forest was killed by 2020 Dome wildfire that spread over 43k acres due in part to invasive cheat grass and probably climate change as well. Only a few trees had new growth.
The Mojave River surfaces in Afton Canyon.
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@jds@sfba.social Great shot of Wally! I was hoping to hike section E (finally) earlier this month but ended up car camping in the Mojave due to a health issue. Will try again next year.
Fire is now part of nearly every step along the #BigfootTrail
https://www.bigfoottrail.org/2026/01/fire-on-the-bigfoot-trail/?mc_cid=1f275f3325&mc_eid=ec18b05454
