Woody Campbell» California

Monday March 8, 2010

Woody — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:59:46 +0000

PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA – A thoroughly bad day for landscape photography. Up at 5:00 AM to drive to Palm Springs to catch an 8:00 flight to New York. All air traffic had ground to a halt because of the previous days bad weather and a heavy ground fog. Almost four hours of delay. We finally arrived in New York in the dark.

Here’s our departure gate in Palm Springs, waiting for an airplane.

Palm Springs airport

Rating: 2.7/5 (3 votes cast)

Thursday March 4, 2010

Woody — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:26:22 +0000

NILAND, CALIFORNIA – Salvation Mountain, near Niland. Right next door to Slab City.

Salvation Mountain

Rating: 2.5/5 (2 votes cast)

Tuesday March 2, 2010

Woody — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:23:17 +0000

SALTON SEA, CALIFORNIA – On the shore of the Salton Sea.

Salton Sea

Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)

Monday March 1, 2010

Woody — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:52:13 +0000

ANZA-BORREGO DESERT, CALIFORNIA – I grew up in the desert in Utah so arid places are deeply in my comfort zone. Anzo-Borrego is a serious desert – annual precipitation is less than 7 inches. During the 1982-89 drought total precipitation was zero. The Borrego Badlands is often listed as the hottest place in the United States – average summer temperatures are 107 degrees. Highs of 125 degrees have been recorded.

But this spring there has been reasonable rainfall, so the desert here is remarkably green.

Desert in bloom

Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)

Sunday February 28, 2010

Woody — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:40:52 +0000

SALTON SEA, CALIFORNIA – Sunset, after a long day of travel to the California desert. This is the Salton Sea

Salton Sea sunset

Rating: 4.0/5 (1 vote cast)