Buckhorn Cholla (Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa) flowers at Sweeny Pass in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park during the super bloom of 2017.

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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego, California. March 15, 2017. Buckthorn Cholla flowers and the view from Sweeny Pass during Anza-Borrego Desert's superbloom of 2017, when record winter rains led to an explosion of springtime flowers. Photo Mark Johnson/Ironstring

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Location: Sweeny Pass, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Photo credit: © Ironstring / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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