Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A 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). 0658
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A 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). 1436
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Sun rising above the Chocolate Mountains as seen from Borrego Springs (2026-9-26). 3808
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A 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... 44813
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A thunderstorm developed over the Salton Sea just about an hour ago. Cloud-based lightning can be seen as it got darker (Video: Sicco Rood). 313932
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Fiery sunset minutes earlier above Borrego (Photo: Sicco Rood). 224536
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Kit fox pup in front of den (Photo: Sicco Rood). 112826
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Waxing gibbous almost full moon (or Harvest Moon) this evening above Fonts Point. Note the people in front of the moon (Photo: Sicco Rood). 415026
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Looking towards San Ysidro Ridge and The Thimble yesterday morning just after sunrise (Photo: Sicco Rood). 0558
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A normally elusive grey fox in Borrego Palm Canyon this morning fortunately paused for a few seconds (Photo: Sicco Rood). 219934
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 20/09/2026On 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). 25613
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A cumulonimbus cloud behind Travelers Peak (AKA Palm Peak) in its decaying stage on 9-9-26 (Photo: Sicco Rood). 07110
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Fonts Point sunrise last Monday (Photo: Sicco Rood). 0383
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 14/09/2026An otherworldly feel with the lenticular clouds at sunset above Anza-Borrego Desert on 9-5-26 (Photo: Sicco Rood). 2636
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A few bighorn sheep pics from Borrego Palm Canyon on 9-6-26 (Photos: Sicco Rood). 0322
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Palm-lined street in Borrego Springs during a cloudy sunrise last Sunday (Photo: Sicco Rood). 07011
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Afternoon thunderstorms formed directly over higher elevations of the Santa Rosa Mountains yesterday afternoon with localized downpours visible in this timelapse (Video: Sicco Rood). 3489
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A partial rainbow south of Sunset Mountain just before sunset yesterday (Photo: Sicco Rood). 0548
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Common raven in Borrego Palm Canyon yesterday under cloudy skies. 0587
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Sunset above Borrego Springs this evening (Photo: Sicco Rood). 515629
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Remnants 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). 1258877
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A stationary lenticular cloud formation above San Ysidro Mountain at sunset on the 23rd this month. 111319
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A waning gibbous moon setting behind the rocky slopes of Dry Canyon this morning (Photo: Sicco Rood). 210125
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A thunderstorm started building south of Texas Dip earlier this evening. Spider lightning shown here moving north towards Mecca (Photo: Sicco Rood). 1393
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 28/08/2026A 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). 07211
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 23/08/2026A monsoonal humid sunset with pink clouds above Sunset Mountain earlier last week (Photo: Sicco Rood). 1538
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Desert spiny lizard at Borrego Palm Canyon earlier this week (Photo: Sicco Rood). 217420
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Kit fox pup with a alert and perhaps suspicious assessing-threat-level look. Early July in the Borrego Badlands (Photo: Sicco Rood). 210115
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 17/08/2026A bighorn ram getting a good drink at the Borrego Palm Canyon desert pupfish pond on a hot Thursday last week (Photo: Sicco Rood). 015427
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Dissipating clouds from this afternoon's monsoonal thunderstorms near Warner Springs and Julian created a nice sunset show above Anza-Borrego Desert (Video: Sicco Rood). 1576
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The full "Buck" moon rising over Anza-Borrego Desert on July 29th 7:15 pm (Photo: Sicco Rood). 08217
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Five 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?... 110928
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Kit fox pup on the lookout this morning in the Borrego Badlands (Photo: Sicco Rood). 271986184
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Lenticular cloud formation above the Santa Rosa Mountains during a wind event on 6-26-26 (Photo: Sicco Rood). 410718
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 01/07/2026ABDSP 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... 33310
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Turkey vultures and a raven sharing a snake (likely roadkill) this afternoon (Video: Sicco Rood). 1353
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 22/06/2026A western glossy snake hanging out at Borrego Palm Canyon Campground yesterday morning (Photo: Sicco Rood). 110310
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Checking in with the "kits" at about 6 am on 6-16-26 (Photo: Sicco Rood). 421728
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 17/06/2026White-winged dove in Borrego Palm Canyon (Photo: Sicco Rood). 1352
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Full moonrise on the 30th of May behind palm trees east of Borrego Springs (Photo: Sicco Rood). 0617
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Kit fox pups playing around their den in the Borrego Badlands (Video: Sicco Rood). 1367
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Encounter with not just one, but three cute kit foxes (vulpes macrotis) this morning in the Borrego Badlands (Photos: Sicco Rood). 214630
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Altocumulus lenticularis clouds seen this evening at sunset looking north of Borrego Springs (Photo: Sicco Rood). 112221
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 02/06/2026One of the juvenile long-eared owls in the park (Photo: Sicco Rood). 211118
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Full moonrise over Borrego yesterday evening (Photo: Sicco Rood). 412026
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Help protect Anza-Borrego from the Golden Pacific Powerlink A 500,000kV Threat to California’s Largest State Park theabf.org/park-threat/ 0188
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Looking towards Fonts Point and Travelers Peak. 2476
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Hazy sunrise above Travelers Peak on Monday(Photo: Sicco Rood). 0233
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Saguaros 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). 34611
Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 29/04/2026View 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/ 4267