Looming Clouds At Saguaro National Park

by Janet Marie

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Looming Clouds At Saguaro National Park

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Janet Marie

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💕Explore Saguaro National Park Travel Art, in my "Saguaro National Park - Arizona" Collection💕

Since 1933 this extraordinary giant cactus, the Saguaro, has been protected within SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK, Arizona.

The saguaro cactus has been called monarch of the Sonoran Desert, supreme symbol of the American Southwest, and a plant with PERSONALITY. It is renowned for the variety of ODD, ALL-TOO-HUMAN shapes it assumes...shapes that inspire wild and fanciful imaginings.

It was a glorious spring day, in the Arizona Sonoran Desert. The desert becomes a showy display of color. It was no exception this day in May 2019, at the Saguaro National Park Rincon Mountain District, Tucson, Arizona. (USA).

There is much diversity in the Park, depending on which direction you are looking. When driving the scenic, one-way, 8 mile Cactus Forest Loop Drive, we can enjoy a leisurely look at the variety of Sonoran Desert life. There are lots of places to pull-off the road.

The Riparian Overlook, is a marvelous area to hone in on the beautiful, craggy cliffs. Zooming to the top of Saguaro cactus and palo verde laden foothills, is an amazing view that may go unnoticed. Clouds are my favorite, so they make the view extra special, as they loom in the background.

These rugged cliffs along the Rincon Mountain side, can be view beyond the 8 mile loop, on a paved road, all the way to the Javelina Picnic area. Outside the Park, along Old Spanish Trail, these wonderful cliffs continue. I have posted images in this gallery, of that scenic landscape with Rincon Peak looming in the background.

Looming Clouds At Saguaro National Park © 2020 Janet Marie Photography

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June 15th, 2020

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