In the foreground is a cholla cactus - the kind with lots of spikes that seem to jump (actually when blown by the wind) onto your skin and clothing. Because the spines have millions of tiny barbs in them, they are difficult to remove without ripping the skin. It was quite a challenge to capture meteors this past weekend due to the moon still being nearly full and quite bright. This was the best capture I got out of 3058 frames shot at various compositions around this part of the park. With the bright skies, it was a balancing act of using high enough ISO and a large enough aperture to make the meteors bright, but not so bringt that the moonlight washed out the exposures. I shot this at 12:51 AM PST on December 14, 2019 in the southern part of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Canon 6D and Canon 17-40mm f/4L lens at 13 sec f/4 ISO 800.
Nice rainbow in the Anza-Borrego Desert this morning. In the foreground are some ocotillo and in the background are some snow capped mountains.
