With over 3" of rain recorded for the first quarter of 2015 the wild flowers in the high desert have come into bloom. The poppies are always a favorite but so far this year they have been confined to swaths of the San Simon river bed. One interesting observation is that this year the large swaths of poppies are confined to the east side of the riverbed paralleling the route of the
"old road". Whether this localization represents
crop marks defining the route of the old road or just a fortuitous happenstance is unknown but the yellow, orange, and white poppies are certainly spectacular this year.
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| Looking west across the poppies in the San Simon riverbed |
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| South along the route of the "old road" covered in poppies |
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| Yellow, orange, and white poppies |
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| Poppies, up close and personal |
Finally, this image was made several years ago when there was another wet spring with poppies and is a favorite.
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| A double gradient of poppies. |
