Some desert for my friend...

... who's never seen the desert (and also for everyone else on the web):

Above: A backlit view in Joshua Tree National Monument (click to enlarge)

Above: A typical view of Joshua trees (well, the best I had that I thought typical)

Above: Can you see a face in the rock? I guess it depends on whether you're a human or a fish.

All photos taken on 10 Jan 10 at Joshua Tree National Monument in Southern California. I raised the saturation level on the first two to compensate for dull computer monitors.

jg