Mojave Desert Photo Tours - by Subject Group
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Natural Formations
A rock formation is a body of rock of considerable extent with distinctive characteristics that allow geologists to map, describe, and name it.

Natural Arches & Bridges
Generally, a natural arch is a span of bedrock supported at two ends with a span or clearance of six feet, and neither dimension being less than one foot.

Craters & Cinder Cones
Erruptions and explosions. Includes lava formations.

Dry Lakes - Playas
Fine sediments deposited by slow moving waters harden in the desert sun.

Sand Dunes
Dune systems in the Mojave.

Water in the Desert
Hot Springs, Springs, Oases, Creeks, Rivers, Lakes and Marshes.

Scenic View Points
Mountain peaks and high up places.

Wild Flowers
Tours of wild flowers in assorted desert and mountain areas at various times of the year.

Cactus
Including all the parts you can't eat.

Petroglyphs
Carved and etched into the stone before the modern Yuma and Shoshone populated the Mojave.

Ghost Towns
Wherever folks could make money, they lived there. Whenever the source dried up, they left.

Gold Mines
In the early days, it was mining that brought them here.

Cemeteries
You live, you die.

Route 66
Road hogs, broken down jalopies, canvas radiator bags, motor-hotels, eat and get gas.

Pacific Crest Trail
Mountain top views of the trail along the peripheral of the Mojave.

Old Stuff

Old Buildings
Homes, Schools, Churches and Barns.

Relics
Antique, odd, strange and stuff that might just be junk.

Lakes

Mountain Lakes

Hesperia Lake

Silverwood Lake

Jackson Lake

San Andreas Fault

Devil's Punchbowl

Mormon Rocks

Miscellaneous

Museums

Campgrounds

Snow in Apple Valley

Winter Storm


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Glossary of definitions & terms

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