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December 29, 2019

Saguaro cacti in the Sonoran Desert near Tucson, Arizona

© Jack Dykinga/Minden Picture

Sky island views

Although we Australians are in the midst of summer, here near Tucson, Arizona, the Sonoran Desert stays warm all year-round. In this photo, we’re looking at a 'sky island' - an isolated, high-elevation woodland surrounded by radically different lowland environments. In this case, the desert land at the base of the mountain is peppered with saguaros - a stately cactus recognised for its long arms. The snow-capped Santa Catalina Mountains in the distance are part of the Madrean Sky Islands and are home to Mount Lemmon Sky Valley, which is the southernmost ski destination in the US. The ski area covers the slopes of Mount Lemmon, which reaches nearly three kilometres at the summit and gets about 457 centimetres of snow annually.

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