Spring brings blooms of desert wildflowers inSouthern California and the quality of the blooms depends upon a number offactors. 2005 was a very good year forsuch blooms, and even saw the creation of a temporary lake in Death Valley dueto very unusual rainfall. This is one ofthree albums of photographs of desert wildflowers I took in the Spring of 2005chasing such blooms. All of the picturesin this album were taken in Joshua Tree National Park in California.