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Desert gold poppy,   Eschscholtzia glyptosperma        Images © Mark A. Chappell

As the name implies desert gold poppies (or Mojave poppies) occur in the deserts of the southwestern USA.   I took these photos after the very wet winter of 2017 in Joshua Tree National Park, California.

  • Canon 5D4; Tamron 180 mm macro lens, fill-in flash (2017)