Lightning storm over saguaro cacti, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, United States
© Jack Dykinga/Nature Picture Library
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Saguaro shadow saying hi.

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Hype for the Future 133PHX: Central Phoenix

Introduction Overall, the City of Phoenix is the most populated of the state capitals in the United States of America and serves as the county seat of Maricopa County, Arizona. While the largest city that is not a county seat, Mesa, is also located within the county, the suburban locale is not technically included within the city limits of Phoenix and is to be treated separately. Features While the City of Phoenix sprawls largely from north to south and contains notable sites such as the […]

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Hype for the Future 133PHX: Central Phoenix

Introduction Overall, the City of Phoenix is the most populated of the state capitals in the United States of America and serves as the county seat of Maricopa County, Arizona. While the largest ci…

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Hype for the Future 133NOG: City of Nogales, Arizona

Overview The City of Nogales is situated to the south of the larger City of Tucson within the State of Arizona with a southern boundary at the Mexican border and the associated City of Nogales in the State of Sonora. Even though the community is directly adjacent to the southern edge of the county, the community serves as the county seat of Santa Cruz County. To the north is the Tumacacori National Historical Park along the Interstate 19 corridor, largely notable for road sign measurements […]

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Hype for the Future 133NOG: City of Nogales, Arizona

Overview The City of Nogales is situated to the south of the larger City of Tucson within the State of Arizona with a southern boundary at the Mexican border and the associated City of Nogales in t…

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Goodnight from Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument! 😍

Camping for work is the best.

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#PracticallyMexico

1 of the joys of keeping a Perpetual Journal is seeing what happened this week in previous years. Here’s my PJ art of Tucson nature observations 1, 2 & 3 years ago this week. In ‘23 we got snow. In ‘26 the temp’s been over 90°!

#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #PerpetualJournal #Tucson #SonoranDesert #NativePlants #biodiversity #environment #ecology #nature #ClimateChange #climate #cactus #PricklyPear #flower #wildflower #BloomScrolling #Mouse

Sweet dreams (are made of these)!

Spiders are my instinctual enemy, and if they touch my skin when I relocate them, I will vomit. And yet, the first time I saw a tarantula, my brain just said “Awww! Furry! Pet it!!!”

I didn’t pet it. Don’t pet them. They won’t like it. But they are so large and furry, they read as mammals. Maybe a field mouse on octa-stilts.

I wish I saw them more often.

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#spidey
Good advice that we never take.

Reserva de la biósfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar lava fields; Sierra Blanca in the background.

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My favorite desert wildflower is in bloom right now! These are called desert globemallow. I just love how their bright orange stands out against the desert landscape!

#phoenix #arizona #sonorandesert #WildFlowers #bloomscrolling

Stormy saguaro sunset
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