Rivers in the desert

thealgerian: “ Al Qarara, Algeria ”

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: September 9th, 2012 In our First Reading this week Isaiah consoles Israel, promising a time will come when wrongs will be made right, when “the ears of t…

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves… - Edmund Hillary. | facebook | 500px | ferpectshotz | The eastern side of California is one of my favorite location for photography. As you drive up route 395 from southern California, the low flat desert landscape slowly gives way to arid mountainous terrain of the Sierra Nevada. Once you are in the high desert, this sliver of land provides photo opportunities one after another at every turn. On our first trip up north itself we came to learn…

Sunset at the end of day 3 backpacking into the Paria Wilderness, now in the middle of the canyon as it begins to widen, and just opposite Shower Spring, Paria Canyon, Arizona. The spring is across the river, and ensconced in a deep thicket of willows, that are themselves rooted in thigh-deep, cold spring water. The water tumbles into recessed alcoves as the delicious moisture sheets from a crevice and down the rocks of the canyon walls. Standing in the deep, cold pool and drinking in the…

River in the desert by Luis Velasco for Stocksy United

The Namib desert runs into the Atlantic Ocean. Namibia, West Africa by aziz96

Deadvlei (dead marsh) is part of one the oldest deserts in the world, the Namib-Rand desert in Namibia. The clay pan was formed after rainfall, when the Tsauchab river flooded, creating temporary shallow pools where the abundance of water allowed camel thorn trees to grow. When the climate changed, drought hit the area, and sand dunes encroached on the pan, which blocked the river from the area. The trees died, as there no longer was enough water to survive. The remaining skeletons of the…

Photo about Deer Creek Falls in all her majesty at the Colorado River in Grand Canyon. Image of creek, canyon, waterfall - 18829229

Photo about Few palm trees at the small river in desert oasis, Sahara, Tunisia. Image of flora, oasis, bushy - 1328732

The oasis in the desert in western China