Sonoran Desert Museum - View of Tucson Mountain Park

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Here is an Arizona riddle for you — when is a museum not a museum? When it is a zoo. That is the mystique of the Sonoran Desert Museum in Tucson. It is, in fact, a zoo featuring the plants and animals from the Sonoran Desert — that part of our country encompassing the Valley of the Sun (Phoenix area) and south into Mexico. Upon entering, I encountered a view similar to the one I shared above but this one included the flora planted inside the museum.

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Size: 7227px × 4818px
Location: Tucson, AZ
Photo credit: © B. David Cathell / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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