While we have a cold, dreary rain here: a photo of brighter, hotter
times:
This is from September 2007. It is a desert spiny lizard (
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceloporus_magister">Sceloporus
magister) on a desert willow (
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilopsis_linearis">Chilopsis
linearis) with some desert marigolds (
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baileya_multiradiata">Baileya
multiradiata) in the background. The local weather
station report indicates that it was 84.2 degrees Fahrenheit (29
degrees C) when the photo was taken.
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Scientific American has an article covering recent research about neighborly relations. The conclusion: people living in desert climates get along better with neighbors when they have nice, shady green lawns, as opposed to natural desert landscaping.
Did you know that the largest desert on Earth is Antarctica? And the second largest is Arctic? And only then comes Sahara!