Cancer Survivors Park, Rancho Mirage, CA

The Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Park in Rancho Mirage, CA, located along Highway 111.

Salton Sea, CA - Eastern Shore

The Salton Sea is the largest lake in California, and is located in the southeastern section of the state in the Colorado Desert. It features saltwater and is home to birds and fish.

Above: a veiwing platform at the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge on the southeastern side of the lake.

Above and below:  Photos of Bombay Beach, CA, on the eastern shore of the Salton Sea.

Below:  Agriculture in the Salton Sea region.

Below:  Engergy production in the Salton Sea region.

Thermal, CA Date Farms

Thermal, CA north of the Salton Sea, is the home to many farms of Date Palm Trees.

Palm Springs, CA Area Wildflowers 2009

 

There are plenty of colorful wildflowers to be seen if you are out 'n about in the Palm Springs, CA area right now.  These photos were taken in Palm Springs, Indian Canyons and Palm Desert.

 This backlit hummingbird visited for just a brief moment.

Update on Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 11:46AM by Karin Jeske

More Palm Springs, CA wildflowers shot on March 14, 2009:

Above:  Wildflowers with snow-covered Mount San Gorgonio in the background.  Below:  wildflowers in a colorful field.

Palm Springs, CA

View from the Wyndham Hotel in Palm Springs, CA with the snow-capped San Bernardino mountains in the background.

 

The downtown shopping district along Palm Canyon Drive.

 

 

The Aerial Tramway which carries passengers to the top of San Jacinto Mountain in gondolas that rotate 360 degrees as they climb and descend.

 

A view from the foothills.

 

Overlooking the Coachella Valley and the California desert.

 

Sunset over Palm Springs and San Jacinto Mountain as seen from Palm Desert.