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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center

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University of California, Irvine Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center. Located in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park - Borrego Springs, CA

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 22h

The curvy Montezuma Grade that winds down the mountainside behind the Reserve (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 1d

Lightning earlier this morning from a cell moving northeast (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Lightning bolt strikes near Ocotillo Wells this morning.

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 2d

One more waning gibbous moon setting behind San Ysidro Mountain this morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).

One more waning gibbous moon setting behind a rocky San Ysidro Mountain this morning.

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 2d

The waning gibbous moon setting behind San Ysidro Mountain this morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).

The waning gibbous moon setting behind San Ysidro Mountain this morning. An agave on rocky slopes in the foreground.

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 3d

A clear view from Yaqui Ridge north and east towards the Salton Sea this morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A clear view from Yaqui Ridge north and east towards the Salton Sea this morning. Visible here are cholla cacti, barrel cacti and leafed out ocotillos amidst rocks.

Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 5d

Yesterday's sunrise partially obscured by haze. The southern end of the Chocolate Mountains can be seen here in the background (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Yesterday's sunrise partially obscured by haze. The southern end of the Chocolate Mountains can be seen here in the background. Ocotillo in the foreground.

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 6d

A bright yellow chinchweed field in the Borrego Valley lit up by today's late afternoon sun (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A bright yellow chinchweed field in the Borrego Valley lit up by today's late afternoon sun. Clouds above the San Ysidro Mountains in the distance.

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 8d

Anza-Borrego sunrise between two agaves this morning on a very green and yellow carpeted desert (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Anza-Borrego sunrise between two agaves this morning on a very green and yellow chinchweed carpeted desert. Ocotillos leafed out all around.

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 9d

Sunset last Saturday evening. Teddy-bear Cholla in the foreground (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 11d

Sunlight was sandwiched in the Borrego Badlands Saturday evening (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Sunlight sandwiched in the Borrego Badlands. Dark skies from a thunderstorm up above

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 12d

Thunderstorms east of the Salton Sea early this morning and some rain showers north and south of Borrego Springs today (Photos: Sicco Rood).

Sunset Mountain rain shafts and salt on the playa.

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 13d

A coyote at the Reserve this afternoon (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 14d

A post monsoon desert fall bloom with the pungent or fragrant chinchweed, depending on whom you ask. It has a citrus-like odor. The no-see-ums or sand flies seem to really swarm this area. Be prepared to be on the menu! This afternoon on the Glorietta Canyon alluvial fan (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A post monsoon desert fall bloom with the pungent or fragrant chinchweed, depending on whom you ask. Hedgehog cactus and cholla skeleton in the foreground.

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 15d

Mud cracking and curling in the washes today. Coyote prints, and rain drop impacts. Desert shaggy mane coming through the cracks (Photos: Sicco Rood).

Coyote paw print in the mud. As well as rain drop impacts.

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 16d

Teddy-bear cholla at sunrise on 9-18-25 (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Teddy-bear cholla. Dark thunderstorm clouds above the sunrise.

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 17d

It was still overcast this morning with some crepuscular rays getting through (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 18d

Clear view of lightning withing a thunderstorm cell that was building over Clark Dry Lake and Rabbit Peak on 9-18-25. As seen that evening from Coyote Canyon where the coyotes joined in for a howl fest for a while.

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 19d

You can get to the second crossing, but not the third by car last I checked. But of course this last storm blocked even zero crossing, so I'm not sure what it looks like at the first an second crossing now.

Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 20d

"Borrego Falls". A waterfall yesterday evening, quite a ways out of Coyote Canyon (Video: Sicco Rood).

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 22d

Moisture from Tropical Storm Mario came over Anza-Borrego Desert overnight. More rain showers expected in the area today (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Moisture from Tropical Storm Mario came over Anza-Borrego Desert overnight. Ocotillos in the foreground. Sunrays in the Borrego sink coming down from dark storm clouds.

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 23d

Humidity and clouds started coming in from Tropical Storm Mario. Leafed out ocotillo in the foreground (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Humidity and clouds started coming in from Tropical Storm Mario above the mountains west of Borrego. Leafed out ocotillo in the foreground.

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 23d

Common Chuckwalla near Church Spur Ridge this afternoon (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 24d

The sun rising above the Chocolate Mountains this morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).

The sun rising above the Chocolate Mountains this morning. An ocotillo in the foreground.

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 25d

Rain from a thunderstorm above Culp Valley and Wilson Peak late afternoon of 9-5-25 created this faint rainbow, almost framing the anticrepuscular rays above the desert (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Rain from a thunderstorm above Culp Valley and Wilson Peak on 9-5-25 created this faint rainbow which frames the anticrepuscular rays above the desert. The moon had just risen as well.

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 25d

A cloud at sunset above a ridge of Sunset Mountain earlier last week (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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