Showing posts with label desert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label desert. Show all posts

August 31, 2010

Dinos in the Desert


Some creatures, it seems, are destined to die out twice. First, we lost our old childhood friend Brontosaurus, who supposedly never existed, then the scientific community banished Triceratops from the table – for merely being a youngster Torosaurus, researchers say. Good to know, then, that there’s a place in the California desert, just outside of Palm Springs, where you can always be sure to find your favorite Mesozoic reptiles, because they’re not real in the first place.



February 4, 2010

Way Out West


A train waiting by a gas station in the middle of nowhere - somehow, this image symbolizes America’s Wild West to me, the modern version. Taken near the Salton Sea, about an hour’s drive from Palm Springs. More images from California here.