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University of California, Irvine Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center. Located in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park - Borrego Springs, CA
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Snow pics from this morning above Culp Valley and one showing Toro Peak in the background.

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Four inches with up to a foot snow drifts above Culp Valley. West side of Anza-Borrego Desert (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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A rainbow this morning just past the west slopes of the local mountains (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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Upcoming event: Botany Society’s next guest speaker event will be on Monday, March 10th at 10 am. Mike Evans, founder of Tree of Life Nursery, will share his knowledge with us on desert plant gardening that we can apply to our own homes. More info: www.anzaborregobotany.org/new-page-2

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Sunday's lenticular clouds at sunrise (Photos: Sicco Rood).

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Windy morning in the desert (Photos: Sicco Rood).

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A few more pics from this morning's dramatic sunrise over Borrego Springs today. (Photos: Sicco Rood).

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A dramatic sunrise over Borrego Springs this morning. More pics forthcoming (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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A roadrunner nesting above one of our bougainvillea.

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A waning crescent moon above the desert at 6:05 am this morning before sunrise (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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In 2007 Keith Emerson (from Emerson, Lake & Palmer or ELP) played on a grand piano as the piano was burning (First photo: Michael Tweed). Today there is one last leg standing in the desert (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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The Thimble Adventure Hike (yesterday) benefits Anza-Borrego Foundation and ABDSP (Photos: Sicco Rood).

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Bighorn ram near Dry Canyon at first light yesterday morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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A white-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica) on an ocotillo branch this morning near the Reserve (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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A few of today's clouds over Borrego (Photos: Sicco Rood).

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A greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) showing off some great looks near the Reserve this afternoon (Photos: Sicco Rood).

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Today's sunrise and sunset.

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A few pics from a loop hike yesterday afternoon up and down two different east shoulders of Granite Mountain, looking down into Cool Canyon. Parry's Nolina shown here (Photos: Sicco Rood).

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A hawk on a power pole in front of the setting moon this morning.

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A few more from this morning.

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Partial rainbow looking west from the Borrego valley this morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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Sunrise yesterday morning from an old dune with chollas (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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Sunset last night above Borrego Springs.

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Western red-tailed hawks clinging to mesquite tree branches while voracious winds were kicking up dust on Clark Dry Lake this afternoon (Video: Sicco Rood).

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Mammatus like clouds at sunrise this morning above the very windy desert (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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Mine Canyon east tributary towards Pinyon Mountain (2-9-25).

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Cloudy sunrise this morning in Borrego Springs with some sprinkles making it east of the mountains (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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The last sunlight of today striking the west Coyote Mountain ridge. The Santa Rosa Mountains in the background (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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A desert cottontail rabbit at sunrise near the Reserve this morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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Ocotillo sunrise yesterday morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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Word on the street was that a few Delta planes flew these oval holding patterns due to dense fog along the coast.

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An agave flowering near Sunset Mountain (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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Sunrise this morning out at Texas Dip (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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Borrego is one of the rainbow capitals of the world (when it rains!), due to the rain shadow topography. This intense double rainbow appeared in the valley just minutes ago (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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By sunrise, the snow level around Borrego Springs had dropped to about 4500 feet west and around 5000 feet on the Santa Rosa Mountains further east (photo: Sicco Rood).

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The reddish sun made an appearance only for a few minutes on a mostly overcast early morning. Shown here reflected in the Salton Sea (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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Power just got restored in Borrego Springs. It was turned off yesterday early afternoon due to the high Santa Ana winds. Yesterday's sunrise.

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Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds west of Borrego Springs close to sunset on this windy day today. (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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