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wmpe2000: gaining elevation
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wmpe2000: through Peralta Canyon in the Superstition mountains
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wmpe2000: Echinocereus engelmannii - Engelman's hedgehog cactus
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wmpe2000: young Carnegiea gigantea - Saguaro
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wmpe2000: looking into Peralta Canyon
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wmpe2000: at the edge of an ancient caldera - Peralta trailhead
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wmpe2000: view down trail with a spent Agave chrysantha and a new plant coming up behind it
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wmpe2000: Dudleya saxosa - perennial succulent
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wmpe2000: all water is important in the desert - small ephemeral pools in weathered out depressions in welded tuff - Superstition Mountains
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wmpe2000: desert patina beautifully covers an outcropping of welded tuff
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wmpe2000: Agave chrysantha
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wmpe2000: impact site in welded tuff - possible old ightning strike, rock impact, blast site
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wmpe2000: cactus remnant victim of the 2020 Superstition wildfire
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wmpe2000: Echinocereus Engelmannii cluster
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wmpe2000: Echinocereus Engelmannii - Engelmann's hedgehog cactus
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wmpe2000: renewal in the wildfire burn scar - Dichelostemma capitatum
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wmpe2000: spots of green in the wildfire burn scar below Fremont's Saddle
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wmpe2000: Weaver's Needle - eroded volcanic ash layers
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wmpe2000: snow dusted Four Peaks in the distance - the highest mountains in the area
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wmpe2000: Weaver's Needle
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wmpe2000: Sphaeralcea rusbyi - Rusby's globe mallow
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wmpe2000: we found a spot out of the wind to have our tea - Harney's Jasmine Green
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wmpe2000: Sphaeralcea rusbyi in the wind on Peralta trail below Fremont's Saddle
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wmpe2000: 360 view