Saguaro: Sunset sentinel

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Comments


Nicole Handspiker

Beautiful shot, love the light.

Allen Woodliffe

Thank-you so much for your visits and comments Kent and Jeannette!

Jeannette Reimer

Excellent shot! So well done Allen!!! Happy New Year 2014!!!

Kent Wirtanen

A beautiful image, Allen. I would like to do a road trip through the desert one of these years. It has probably been ten years since I last did it.

Description
There is something iconic about a Saguaro cactus at sunset. It certainly is one of the most familiar features of the southwestern Sonoran Desert, and all the more so when exhibited in a sunset. This was photographed in the desert of southern Arizona, south of Tucson. This particular Saguaro cactus shows arms that are slightly downward pointing, indicating some deformity likely as a result of freezing. It does freeze in the desert. On one trip to AZ, the only place we saw snow on the entire trip was in the southern part of Arizona!
Taken By
Allen Woodliffe
Taken On
April 7, 2012
Tagged
'saguaro' 'cactus' 'sonoran desert' 'arizona' 'sunset'
  • Focal: 82
  • Shutter speed: 0.001 sec
  • Aperture: f/ 10
  • ISO: 250

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