Created 29-Jul-10
Modified 29-Jul-10
The photos in this gallery were taken during a trip to the Southwest United States to visit friends in April 2010. One of the highlights of the trip was a visit to the Desert Museum just outside of Tucson, AZ. The beauty of the desert is hard to describe or appreciate unless you actually walk the ground. Hopefully these photos will help you enjoy it.
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is one of the most visited attractions in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1952, it combines the attractions of a zoo, museum, and botanical garden. Its focus is the plants and animals that live in the Sonoran Desert, and it was a pioneer in the creation of naturalistic enclosures for its animals.
For you geography buffs, the The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which straddles part of the U.S. - Mexico border and covers large parts of the U.S. states of Arizona and California and the northwest Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur. It is one of the largest and hottest deserts in North America, with an area of 311,000 square kilometers (120,000 sq mi).
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