The desert is a dry place, so if you meet the pictures below you will be surprised to know they were taken in the harsh lands.
Plants rolling in the desert regions of North America. They are like shrubs, but in the autumn they wilt, flake and roll with the wind.Photo: Bruce Coleman.
The blooming of yellow pear cactus flowers makes an area in the desert of California, America become more beautiful.Photo: Tim Laman.
Cactus pear and Saguaro cactus covered the hills in Saguaro National Park, Arizona State, USA. An adult Saguaro cactus can contain up to 760 liters of water.Photo: Stephen St. John.
Due to being too close to the Pacific Ocean, the Sonoran Desert receives more rainfall than all other deserts on earth - about 25 to 35 mm per year. Abundant rainfall makes Saguaro cactus in Sonoran desert very large.Photo: Todd Gipstein.
Argemone hemp, also known as Mexican poppy, surrounds the pear cactus in the San Pedro Valley, Arizona, USA. Argemone crab spikes belong to the opium family.Photo: Annie Griffiths Belt.
The trees were severely devastated in the Snake Range in the Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA, demonstrating the power of the wind and the harsh weather conditions here.Photo: Richard Olsenius.
Wild flowers are what make bees flock to the Sonoran desert - where there are about 2,500 species of trees. Scientists believe that at least 1,000 species of bees live in this desert.Photo: Annie Griffiths Belt.
