Kelso Dune Morning
On spring evenings, Birdcage Evening Primrose (Oenothera deltoides) pop open on the high Mojave desert dunes. Before closing again in the early morning, the desert may appear as if strewn with tissue paper. The plant's stems radiate out flat from a central point but curve upward when the plant dries to form a "birdcage." Note the first rays of dawn are just kissing the tufts of grass.