Tag: Desert
(Corvus corax) Arizona, USA – July 2017 An impressive appearance is this raven in the desert of Arizona. Of course he knows exactly where the tourists stop and…
New Mexico, USA – March 2019 The Chihuahua Desert is the largest of the North American deserts and is located in the border area between the USA and…
(Carnegia gigantea) Arizona, USA – July 2017 In the Sonora Desert, the characteristic column cacti determine the landscape. These cacti, also known as Saguaro, grow very slowly and…
Arizona, USA – July 2017 The impact of a meteorite about 50,000 years ago caused this crater. It has a diameter of about 1,200 m and a depth…
New Mexico, USA – July 2017 The name couldn’t be more fitting. Like a ship on the horizon, this rock formation sails over the waving steppe landscape of…
Arizona, USA – July 2017 The “Painted Desert” lies at about 1,800 meters above sea level on the Colorado Plateau and stretches in an arc over about 250…
Utah, USA – July 2017 About 40 km northeast of Monument Valley lies the Valley of the Gods. In contrast to the Monument Valley, it is hardly touristically…
Arizona & Utah, USA – July 2017 On our one-week tour across the Four-Corners region, in which the four states Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico border each…
Arizona, USA – July 2017 The way to the northern edge of the Grand Canyon leads over the Kaibab Plateau, which towers like an island over the desert-like…
Arizona, USA – July 2017 This photo was taken from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon towards the South Rim. The green Colorado River, which formed this…
Arizona, USA – July 2017 In the southwest of the USA, a regional monsoon can occur between July and September. Heavy cloudbursts and thunderstorms are the consequence and…
Arizona , USA – July 2017 We are on a road trip for one week in the Southwest of the USA. The road leads us through wide country…