Cardon cactus and San Miguel (AKA coral vine) in the San Lucan Xeric Scrub ecoregion in southern Baja California

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The lushness of this normally very arid ecosystem in southern Baja had received several inches of rain the week before I took this shot, resulting in a profusion of growth of plants such as this San Miguel (aka coral vine).

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Size: 3398px × 5172px
Location: southern Baja Peninsula between Todos Santos and La Paz, Mexico
Photo credit: © William Mullins / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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