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Photo Date:
03/23/2014
The Hellhole Canyon Trail in an average year.
Photo Date:
03/23/2014
The Hellhole Canyon Trail in an average year.
Photo Date:
03/12/2017
The Hellhole Canyon Trail in a super bloom year.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date:
03/11/2017
Brittlebush and laxflowers, with blooming ocotillo in the background.
Flowering barrel cactus along the Hellhole Canyon Trail.
Beavertail cactus along the Hellhole Canyon Trail.
Ocotillo cactus along the Hellhole Canyon Trail.
Photo Date:
03/12/2017
Some parts of the Hellhole Canyon Trail are easy to follow.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date:
03/11/2017
Sand verbena during a super bloom in Hellhole Canyon.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date:
03/11/2017
Wild heliotrope during a super bloom in Hellhole Canyon.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date:
03/11/2017
Blooming barrel cactus during a super bloom in Hellhole Canyon.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date:
03/11/2017
View to the northeast from the Hellhole Canyon Trail.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date:
03/11/2017
Blooming brittlebush during a super bloom in Hellhole Canyon.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date:
03/11/2017
Desert rock pea flowers during a super bloom in Hellhole Canyon.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date:
03/11/2017
Desert dandelions during a super bloom in Hellhole Canyon.
Photo Date:
03/23/2014
Looking down Hellhole Canyon.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date:
03/11/2017
The trail scrambles over some large boulders.
Photo Date:
03/23/2014
The large fan palm grove before Maidenhair Falls.
California fan palm along the Hellhole Canyon Trail.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date:
03/11/2017
Maidenhair Falls.
Photo Date:
03/12/2017
Maidenhair Falls.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date:
03/11/2017
View to the east from Hellhole Canyon.
Native American grinding stone near the trail.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date:
03/11/2017
A wide variety of flowers appear during a super bloom.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date:
03/11/2017
Desert chicory during a super bloom in Hellhole Canyon.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date:
03/11/2017
Chuparosa during a super bloom in Hellhole Canyon.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date:
03/11/2017
Chuparosa during a super bloom in Hellhole Canyon.
Photo Date:
03/23/2014
Orion at night from a campsite in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.