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A large Canyon Area in the Sonoran Desert


A large Canyon Area in the Sonoran Desert



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Stunning view...........

2 Apr, 2009

 

That looks such a harsh environment but I bet you get some things growing there.

2 Apr, 2009

 

Milky, it is a stunning very dry view.

Hywel, there's desert flowers in the area and many Ocotillo plants.

3 Apr, 2009

 

It's wonderful how they survive.

3 Apr, 2009

 

Hywel:

Many desert plants survive the 122 degree F. / 51 degree C. heat by going dormant in Summer.

3 Apr, 2009

 

frying weather

5 Apr, 2009

 

too bad people didn't have a dormancy period...plants go dormant in extreme heat and extreme cold... Holy Moley! 122 degrees Fahrenheit??

14 Apr, 2009

 

Lori:

Yes, it's pretty extreme! It can, in some years get hotter than 122 degrees F. I remember the Summer of 2006 many parts of the desert got up to about 130 degrees F.. Here in eastern San Diego we had one day when we had a 132 degree F. heat index which was extremely rare. Many people and livestock died in California in this protracted heat-wave in July of 2006. It was absolutely horrible!

14 Apr, 2009

 

I can only imagine! they sound like oven temps!

15 Apr, 2009

 

Yes, it was getting pretty close.

15 Apr, 2009

 

Wonder what the ocean temps were? you are a few hundred miles north of the zone that hatches El Nino, right? Have you ever visited Central and South America? must be a plant hunters paradise...

15 Apr, 2009

 

Lori:

I've never been to Central or South America...I would love to go someday!

We are directly affected by "El Niño" ...however, we haven't had a strong one since 1997. The whole Pacific Ocean really warms up...and we generally have huge rain storms that effect the whole Western U.S.

In 2006 the ocean temps were higher than normal 81 to 83 degrees F/ 27 to 28.3 degrees C. which is very unusual for a non-El Niño year.

We actually are thousands of miles from where "El Niño" starts...which is off the coast of Peru.

16 Apr, 2009



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