Monsoon Sunset
by Dick Botkin
Title
Monsoon Sunset
Artist
Dick Botkin
Medium
Photograph
Description
Monsoon season in the Sonoran Desert brings thunderstoms, clouds, and spectacular sunsets and sunrises. The desert vegetation recieved some relief from the dry climate this afternoon. The storm clouds reflected the intense yellow of the sun and the moutain peaks became the backdrop to the drama as it unfolded.
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The Sonoran desert wraps around the northern end of the Gulf of California, from Baja California Sur (El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve in central and Pacific west coast, Central Gulf Coast subregion on east to southern tip), north through much of Baja California, excluding the central northwest mountains and Pacific west coast, through southeastern California and southwestern and southern Arizona to western and central parts of Sonora.
It is bounded on the west by the Peninsular Ranges, which separate it from the California chaparral and woodlands (northwest) and Baja California desert (Vizcaino subregion, central and southeast) ecoregions of the Pacific slope. To the north in California and northwest Arizona, the Sonoran Desert transitions to the colder-winter, higher-elevation Mojave, Great Basin, and Colorado Plateau deserts.
To the east and southeast, the deserts transition to the coniferous Arizona Mountains forests and Sierra Madre and Sierra Madre Occidental pine–oak forests at higher elevations. To the south the Sonoran–Sinaloan transition subtropical dry forest is the transition zone from the Sonoran Desert to the tropical dry forests of the state of Sinaloa.
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September 14th, 2012
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