Thursday, January 29, 2009 - Leasburg Dam State Park, Radium Springs NM
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Faith, Leasburg Dam State Park, Radium Springs NM, January 22, 2009
Hard times in the desert
This little corner of the Chihuahuan Desert seems to be extraordinarily dry. Too dry for cactus at least. A large percentage of the cactus here are either dead or seriously wilted. Something has changed - many of these are very big plants.
Night camp
Site 11 - Leasburg Dam State Park, Radium Springs NM
- Verizon cell phone service - good signal
- Verizon EVDO service - good signal
- Go to Leasburg Dam State Park website
- Locate Leasburg Dam State Park on my Night Camps map
- Check the weather here
Karl Blossfeldt Plant Studies
Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) was a German instructor of sculpture who used his remarkable photographs of plant studies to educate his students about design in nature. Self-taught in photography, he devoted himself to the study of nature, photographing nothing but plants for thirty-five years.