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Superstition Mountain. Apache Junction, Arizona. Do notice how blue the mountain is. This phenomena is the result of the shade (combined with the light colored mountain), picking up the color of the sky. That said, the sky was very vivid and the desert floor was very green because of all the rain in the days prior to this photo shoot. What this photo doesn't show are the many homes in the area. Imagine seeing these bands of sunlight every morning (photo taken Nov. 30thl, 2020)!
The "Desert Agave" grows in the lower elevations of the Sonoran and Majavi deserts where it is hot and dry. The leaves have a distinct cyan/bluish tinge and are quite thick, and can grow up to 27 inches in length. The pronounced teeth along leaf edges are dark-tipped, a third of an inch long, and like most agave the underside of each leaf bears a permanent imprint of the teeth from the once underlying leaf (created when the two were growing together). The black tips are really sharp so you don’t want to back into one by accident (!), as I found out not long ago when I recently transplanted one ....ouch! I cropped this photo so that it leans (if you will) towards an abstract view; notice how I’m only showing part of agave. I love the flow (the diagonal and horizontal lines), the “teeth” and subtle colors. This photo would look great as a stand alone statement piece or blend well with a busier desert photo.
The morning sun casting was casting its warm rays on this cholla while Superstition Mountain was still in the coolness of shade. Apache Junction, Arizona.
