California Barrel
I noticed this beautifully colored California barrel cactus on top of a ridge in the many canyons of Nevada's Valley of Fire as I was photographing the sunrise. The vivid color of the early morning light just lit up the rock and cactus with the most vivid, intense colors!
- Copyright
- © 2013
- Image Size
- 2848x4288 / 10.3MB
- Keywords
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America, American Southwest, Cactaceae, California Barrel, Caryophyllales, Caryophyllidae, Clark County, Ferocactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Ferocactus cylindraceus var. cylindraceus, Magnoliophyta, Magnoliopsida, Nevada, Overton, Plantae, Spermatophyta, Tracheobionta, USA, United States, Valley of Fire, Valley of Fire State Park, arid, barrel, barrel cactus, botany, cacti, desert, green, heat, hurt, nature, pain, painful, plant, poke, prickle, prickly, sharp, southwest, spike, spiky, spring, succulent, thorn, thorny, west, western, wild
- Contained in galleries
- Cactaceae (Cactus Family), Cacteae