An Infra Red image of saguaro cacti in southern Arizona

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The saguaro has been described as the monarch of the Sonoran Desert, as a prickly horror, as the supreme symbol of the American Southwest, and as a plant with personality. It is renowned for the variety of odd, all-too-human shapes it assumes, shapes that inspire wild and fanciful imaginings. Giant saguaro cacti, unique to the Sonoran Desert, sometimes reach a height of 50 feet in this cactus forest, which covers the valley floor, rising into the Rincon and West Tucson mountains.

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Size: 5510px × 3573px
Location: tucson
Photo credit: © JEFF SMITH / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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