MojaveDesert Ecosystem Studies

Photographs of the Mojave Desert


Updated 3/09//98

The photographs linked below show some typical desert scenes and desertuses. They were taken by U.S. Geological Survey staff, except for a fewphotos of prints in historic documents. We ask anyone using these photographsto cite the source as USGS. Higher quality images are available as well;contact Dave Miller at the email address at the bottom of the page for moreinformation.

Desert scenes
View of Gold Valley, DeathValley National Park; Telescope Peak in background
Telescope Peak, Death Valley NationalPark, from Panamint Valley
Floor of Death Valley, NationalPark
Northern New York Mountains
Ivanpah Valley, view to the northeast
Recent wash in Gold Valley, DeathValley National Park
Late Pleistocene surfaces inGold Valley, Death Valley National Park
Riparian vegetation at Oro Grande,near Victorville, along Mojave River
Providence Mountains, from valleyfloor near Kelso, Mojave National Preserve
Creosote bush and spring flowers,western Mojave Desert
Creosote bush
Mojave River
Kingston Range, eastern MojaveDesert
Sand dunes in west Coehn Lake
Small desert tortoise at Ft. Irwin
Rock pinnacles (tors), Granite Mountains,Mojave National Preserve

Desert land use
Photo by Kunze of Death Valley NationalPark in 1906
Town of Skidoo 1906
Town of Skidoo 1916, I
Town of Skidoo 1916, II
Townsite of Skidoo 1984, I
Townsite of Skidoo 1984, II
Townsite of Skidoo 1984, III
Pipeline to town of Skidoo atWildrose Canyon
Pipeline to town of Skidoo atWood Canyon
Mojave River with an irrigatedalfalfa circle on one side of the road and dying mesquite on the other side
Los Angeles aqueduct
Dirt road
Roads, Indian Wells Valley
Fremont Valley land use
Fremont Valley ORV pit
Dove Spring ORV effects
Jawbone Canyon ORV use
Barstow-Las Vegas motorcycle racers
Viceroy Gold mine, Mojave NationalPreserve
Morningstar Gold Mine, MojaveNational Preserve
Mine tailings
Cattle, Lanfair Valley, MojaveNational Preserve
Sheep, western Mojave

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Page constructed 2/05//98, last modified 1/29/01
The URL of this page is: <http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/MojaveEco/photos.html>
Created by Dave Miller(dmiller@isdmnl.wr.usgs.gov)