{"id":644,"date":"2010-10-07T22:59:44","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T05:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/?p=644"},"modified":"2011-05-22T10:23:53","modified_gmt":"2011-05-22T17:23:53","slug":"a-stormy-morning-at-joshua-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/?p=644","title":{"rendered":"A stormy morning at Joshua Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"A
A Solitary Joshua Tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The scene above is one of my favorites from my recent trip to Joshua Tree. The sun had just broken over the top of the thunderstorm line that had produced the lightning show a few hours earlier. The rain left a nice low level fog amongst the joshua tree forest ahead.<\/p>\n

\"Joshua
Joshua Tree Forest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here you can see the ground level fog. The backlight did not last long. As we got closer the sun dipped behind the clouds. We were on our way out at this point. The sun would emerge a short time later but the light had turned harsh. The previous morning was a different experience.<\/p>\n

\"Sunshine
Sunshine and Thunderstorm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taken at the Boy Scout Trail head where we began our journey, these three pictures show the storm that would shortly hammer us.<\/p>\n

\"Incoming
Incoming Storm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ever
Ever changing storm clouds <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"After
After the storm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Joshua
Joshua Tree Forest II<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On this backpacking trip we encountered few wild animals. During one rest stop I looked over and spotted this tarantula walking across the southern slopes of Quail Mountain. I am not sure if it was looking for food or if it was a male looking for a mate (and its doom).<\/p>\n

\"Wild
Wild Tarantula<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Looking
Looking North from Quail Mountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"View
View from Quail Mountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our expedition was to summit Quail Mountain, which is the high point in the Little San Bernardino Mountains and also the high point in the park. <\/p>\n

\"Desert
Desert Sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Desert
Desert Sunset II<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Desert
Desert Sunset III<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As a landscape photographer, I find a place like Joshua Tree can be very challenging to shoot. The cloudless skies we have in southern California can sometimes make things a bit dull. On this trip however the skies played nice. Clouds tend to make what might be an interesting photograph an exceptional one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The scene above is one of my favorites from my recent trip to Joshua Tree. The sun had just broken over the top of the thunderstorm line that had produced the lightning show a few hours earlier. The rain left a nice low level fog amongst the joshua tree forest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,22,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california","category-desert","category-joshua-tree"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=644"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":875,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions\/875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}