...actually the Joshua Tree as a food source was essential to the indigenous peoples for seeds and its fruit.
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This was during the Perseid Meteor Shower and three are shown in the image
I have to tell you this story, after comet Haley made an appearance in 86 I bought a poster advertised in Sky And Telescope magazine which was shot by a pro photographer from the Sonoran desert with a large saguaro cactus in the foreground. It was good but not what I call great even so I took it to be framed and it hung on my office wall for years. Your similar night sky shot blows that one away. You should be proud. Paul.