Every summer my family drives down to Desert Shores to photograph the Salton Sea and enjoy the quiet sunset.

At dusk, the old caravan displayed several desert dollies lined up against the dunes.

The crew rolled the desert dolly across the sand to position the light for the sunset shot.

The desert fox scampered across the cool sand to shelter under a sparse shrub as the sun set.

At dusk, desert foxes darted across the sand, their pale fur blending with the dunes.

On our hike through the dunes, we spotted a desert wheatear perched on a sun-baked rock, its pale plumage blending with the sand.

We stopped at Desert Center to rest before crossing the Mojave Desert.

Desert Palms celebrated its centennial with a week-long street fair and community parade.

The Sahara Desert stretches beyond the horizon, its sand dunes glowing golden at sunset.

Gibson Desert is home to several Indigenous communities that have adapted to its harsh climate.