Landscape photograph of a small desert stream reaching the end of its flow. The setting is a wide valley of barren desert, with only a few shrubs growing, a dark mountain range in the background under mostly cloudy morning sky. The foreground is a sandy wash with crinkly dry silt patterns. The pale blue stream flows into this wash, braiding out into branching fingers as the flow ends just in front of the camera.

When #flowing reaches its end...
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A chilly, early morning re-entry into field work after maternity leave. Ramsey canyon is gorgeous and our monitoring has been collecting data for months! #desertWater #riparian #waterResources

Majestic Tahquitz Canyon California fan palms on the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation.
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A large side canyon of the Grand Canyon full of orange and tan cliffs and rocky slopes stretches toward the upper right. At lower left is a large area of green vegetation beside which is visible a waterfall flowing from the canyon wall before being lost in the greenery. Small glimpses of riparian greenery are also visible to the right in the canyon bottom.

My favorite photo of the year? No, not even close. But my favorite view of the year. For sure!

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