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Dun colored Earth, soft greens of the cacti and shrubs, brilliant blue daytime skies — the desert color palette is starkly beautiful.

I'm a northern forest boy. The desert scares me. Scale too many hills, like this one, and you might wind up nothing but a sun-bleached skull. — Peter

Likely the desert would be less scary if I understood it. Can the large cacti provide water? Is that an edible fruit on this plant? — Peter

Vast and unforgiving!

Parched and unforgiving!

Saguaro's cacti range from low, prickly pear to towering giants like this one. It amazes me that such a dry place produces plants of this size. — Peter

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