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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center

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University of California, Irvine Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center. Located in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park - Borrego Springs, CA anzaborrego.ucnature.org

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A snapshot from the relatively "small" thunderstorm that moved over the Salton Sea on September 28th. The last sunlight still reached the cloud tops (just under 20,000 feet) 10 minutes after the sun had set locally at the Salton Sea (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Relatively "small" thunderstorm that moved over the Salton Sea on September 28th. The last sunlight still reached the cloud tops (just under 20,000 feet) 10 minutes after the sun had set locally at the Salton. desert in foreground with ocotillos and Font point in distance.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A ram looking down into Borrego Palm Canyon from a rocky perch on a slope of Pá•at Téewenet (Indianhead Peak) on 9-20-26 (Photo: Sicco Rood).
A ram looking down into Borrego Palm Canyon from a rocky perch on a slope of Pá•at Téewenet (Indianhead Peak)
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sun rising above the Chocolate Mountains as seen from Borrego Springs (2026-9-26).
Sun rising above the Chocolate Mountains as seen from Borrego Springs. Ocotillo in the foreground.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A stronger thunderstorm developed yesterday evening over the Coachella Valley and provided even more awesome lightning viewing from the Borrego area. Seen here in this timelapse behind the Santa Rosa Mountains with the camera starting a bit after 9:30 pm. www.nbcpalmsprings.com/local-and-co...
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A thunderstorm developed over the Salton Sea just about an hour ago. Cloud-based lightning can be seen as it got darker (Video: Sicco Rood).
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fiery sunset minutes earlier above Borrego (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Fiery sunset clouds above a brittlebush and two palm trees
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Kit fox pup in front of den (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Kit fox pup standing in front of den on sand and just ears lit up by rising morning sun.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Waxing gibbous almost full moon (or Harvest Moon) this evening above Fonts Point. Note the people in front of the moon (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Waxing gibbous almost full moon above Fonts Point showing the rugged gullies in the foreground with clouds turning blue pink overhead.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Looking towards San Ysidro Ridge and The Thimble yesterday morning just after sunrise (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Looking towards San Ysidro Ridge and The Thimble yesterday. Clouds create shaft of sunlight reaching part of the mountain slopes and ridge.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A normally elusive grey fox in Borrego Palm Canyon this morning fortunately paused for a few seconds (Photo: Sicco Rood).
grey fox amidst rocks and dry grasses in Borrego Palm Canyon this morning
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
On the evening of November 11, 2025, rare Northern Lights were visible from Anza-Borrego Desert. A bit of a late video clip of photos stitched together of that late evening (Video: Sicco Rood).
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A cumulonimbus cloud behind Travelers Peak (AKA Palm Peak) in its decaying stage on 9-9-26 (Photo: Sicco Rood).
A cumulonimbus cloud behind Travelers Peak (AKA Palm Peak) in its decaying stage against bright blue sky.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Fonts Point sunrise last Monday (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Fonts Point golden partially cloudy 
sunrise with ocotillos in the foreground.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
An otherworldly feel with the lenticular clouds at sunset above Anza-Borrego Desert on 9-5-26 (Photo: Sicco Rood).
An otherworldly feel showing lenticular clouds at sunset above Anza-Borrego Desert. Cardon cactus in foreground, and adobe style home in the middle. Toro Peak in distance
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A few bighorn sheep pics from Borrego Palm Canyon on 9-6-26 (Photos: Sicco Rood).
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Palm-lined street in Borrego Springs during a cloudy sunrise last Sunday (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Palm-lined street in Borrego Springs during a cloudy sunrise, orange glow and dark clouds overhead.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Afternoon thunderstorms formed directly over higher elevations of the Santa Rosa Mountains yesterday afternoon with localized downpours visible in this timelapse (Video: Sicco Rood).
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A partial rainbow south of Sunset Mountain just before sunset yesterday (Photo: Sicco Rood).
A partial rainbow in front of dark clouds from TS Marie south of Sunset Mountain with sunlit desert in the foreground.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Common raven in Borrego Palm Canyon yesterday under cloudy skies.
Common raven on branch under cloudy skies.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Sunset above Borrego Springs this evening (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Sunset above Borrego Springs this evening. In the foreground two palms. Lenticular clouds above.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Remnants of a dissipating thunderstorm (orphan anvil) last Monday north of Yuma, AZ. As seen here approximately 140 miles (225 km) west from Borrego Springs at sunset (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Remnants of a dissipating thunderstorm (orphan anvil) last Monday north of Yuma, AZ. As seen here approximately 140 miles (225 km) west from Borrego Springs at sunset. Ocotillo in the foreground.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A stationary lenticular cloud formation above San Ysidro Mountain at sunset on the 23rd this month.
A stationary lenticular cloud formation above San Ysidro Mountain at sunset with two palms in the foreground.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A waning gibbous moon setting behind the rocky slopes of Dry Canyon this morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).
A waning gibbous moon setting behind the rocky slopes of Dry Canyon this morning First sunlight from the east hitting the slopes.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A thunderstorm started building south of Texas Dip earlier this evening. Spider lightning shown here moving north towards Mecca (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Spider lightning shown here above the desert. Sunset Mountain to the right.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A rainbow yesterday evening with Sunset Mountain and Fonts Point seen here lit up for a few more moments by the setting sun (Photo: Sicco Rood).
A rainbow (double if you look closely) yesterday evening with Sunset Mountain and Fonts Point seen here lit up for a few more moments by the setting sun.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A monsoonal humid sunset with pink clouds above Sunset Mountain earlier last week (Photo: Sicco Rood).
A monsoonal humid sunset with pink clouds above Sunset Mountain.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Desert spiny lizard at Borrego Palm Canyon earlier this week (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Desert spiny lizard at Borrego Palm Canyon sitting on a rock, showing detail of claws.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Kit fox pup with a alert and perhaps suspicious assessing-threat-level look. Early July in the Borrego Badlands (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Kit fox pup with a alert and perhaps suspicious assessing-threat-level look on the sand.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A bighorn ram getting a good drink at the Borrego Palm Canyon desert pupfish pond on a hot Thursday last week (Photo: Sicco Rood).
A bighorn ram drinking from a pond.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Dissipating clouds from this afternoon's monsoonal thunderstorms near Warner Springs and Julian created a nice sunset show above Anza-Borrego Desert (Video: Sicco Rood).
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The full "Buck" moon rising over Anza-Borrego Desert on July 29th 7:15 pm (Photo: Sicco Rood).
The full "Buck" moon rising over Anza-Borrego Desert. To the right an ocotillo.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Five kit fox pups were having a great time playing and chasing each other around the Borrego Badlands early July (Video: Sicco Rood). Higher quality version: youtu.be/fBtyY23efek?...
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Kit fox pup on the lookout this morning in the Borrego Badlands (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Kit fox pup sitting alertly on the lookout this morning in the Borrego Badlands .
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Lenticular cloud formation above the Santa Rosa Mountains during a wind event on 6-26-26 (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Lenticular cloud formation above the Santa Rosa Mountains during a wind event.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
ABDSP continues to be littered with helium-filled mylar balloons, bought and released at the coast. Balloons ascend up the mountains and drift back down into the desert as they deflate. www.change.org/banmylarball...
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Turkey vultures and a raven sharing a snake (likely roadkill) this afternoon (Video: Sicco Rood).
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A western glossy snake hanging out at Borrego Palm Canyon Campground yesterday morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).
A western glossy snake hanging out on the pavement.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Checking in with the "kits" at about 6 am on 6-16-26 (Photo: Sicco Rood).
three pup kit foxes sitting on top of their den in the early morning light before sunrise.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
White-winged dove in Borrego Palm Canyon (Photo: Sicco Rood).
White-winged dove sitting on a rock.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Full moonrise on the 30th of May behind palm trees east of Borrego Springs (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Full moonrise behind palm trees under clear skies at dusk
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Kit fox pups playing around their den in the Borrego Badlands (Video: Sicco Rood).
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Encounter with not just one, but three cute kit foxes (vulpes macrotis) this morning in the Borrego Badlands (Photos: Sicco Rood).
kit fox in denkit fox standing on sandstone formationkit fox checking out the photographerkit fox sitting near den
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Altocumulus lenticularis clouds seen this evening at sunset looking north of Borrego Springs (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Altocumulus lenticularis clouds seen this evening at sunset. Palm tree in front and mountains to the left and in the distance.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
One of the juvenile long-eared owls in the park (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Juvenile long-eared owl on a tamarisk branch.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Full moonrise over Borrego yesterday evening (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Full moonrise above the ocotillos in the desert.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Help protect Anza-Borrego from the Golden Pacific Powerlink A 500,000kV Threat to California’s Largest State Park theabf.org/park-threat/
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Looking towards Fonts Point and Travelers Peak.
Ocotillo at sunrise...Looking towards Fonts Point and Travelers Peak.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Hazy sunrise above Travelers Peak on Monday(Photo: Sicco Rood).
Hazy sunrise above Travelers Peak with badlands and old dune in the foreground.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Saguaros in Ca natively grow only in the eastern corner of the state along the AZ border. Somehow this individual is doing great without being artificially watered (there is one more within the park boundary, but that is a homestead memorial) (Photos: Sicco Rood).
Saguaros with bees coming to the flowers. Many buds still unopened. Ocotillo nearby. Saguaros shown growing wild in the park without showing location specific info. Surrounded by rocks, ocotillos and agaves.
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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
View of Mescal Bajada this morning with Golden Pacific Powerlink 500-kV high-voltage transmission line. will cut through the middle of Anza-Borrego Desert (if SDGE and their investors get what they want). Please go here to learn more and take action: theabf.org/park-threat/
View of Mescal Bajada this morning with Golden Pacific Powerlink 500-kV high-voltage transmission line. This will cut through the middle of Anza-Borrego Desert.
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