Jack Dykinga / Birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides) and desert golds (Geraea canescens) carpet the sandy washes beneath the Calumet Mountains at dawn. Mojave Trail National Monument, Mojave Desert, Califo...

Jack Dykinga / Birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides) and desert golds (Geraea canescens) carpet the sandy washes beneath the Calumet Mountains, under the Milky Way. Mojave Trail National Monument, Mojave D...

Jack Dykinga / Twisted Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) with the Milky Way and distant glow of Phoenix lights, Sonoran Desert National Monument, South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness, Arizona, USA. September 2017.

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) cacti at night with the Milky Way . Desert National Monument, Arizona, USA, September.

Jeff Foott / The Citadel Ruins, Cedar Mesa area, Bears Ears National Monument, Utah

Jeff Foott / Waterfall and river in canyon, Calf Creek Falls, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

Jeff Foott / Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) group in desert, Virgin Mountains, Gold Butte National Monument, Nevada

Jeff Foott / Desert, Lake Mead, Gold Butte National Monument, Nevada

Jeff Foott / Waterfall, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

Jeff Foott / Trees in fall near Calf Creek Falls, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

Jack Dykinga / Agave (Agave utahensis) close up of spines with Pinyon pine cone (Pinus edulis) wedged amongst them. Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Mass wildflower display Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceolata) Great Valley phacelia (Phacelia civiliata) and purple Lemmon's mustard, (Caulanthus anceps) The Temblor Range in evening light in th...