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Carrizo Plain National Monument

Pictures by QT Luong

[1 : Overview]

[3 : Soda Lake]

[4 : Temblor Range and Wallace Creek]

[5 : Caliente Ridge and Painted Rock]

[All]

Carrizo Plain National Monument preserves the largest single native grassland remaining in California. Carrizo Plain is enclosed between the Temblor Range and the Caliente Range. Soda Lake, a large alkaline lake with a bed of white salt, receives all the runoff from the plain. Carrizo Plain is also one of the best places to see the San Andreas Fault, and is home to several historic ranches. On a good year, the Carrizo Plain and surrounding hills can exhibit outstanding wildflower displays in the spring.

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Spring wildflowers and moon reflected in pond. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Sunrise over carpet of spring wildflowers. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Shurbs and juniper on Caliente Ridge above plain. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Aerial view of Wallace Creek bend caused by and San Andreas Fault. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Aerial view of U-shaped rock outcrop named Painted Rock. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Ridges of Painted Rock. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Foothills, Caliente Range. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Ridges in springtime. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Grassland in bloom under dark sky. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Wildflowers and Caliente Range. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Mud cracks and yellow wildflowers. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Mat of tidytips and larkspur flowers. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Flower carpet. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Yellow wildflowers, pond, Temblor Range. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Grasses, Soda Lake with reflections of Temblor Range. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Soda Lake shore and hills from above. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Hills covered with multicolored flower carpets. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Multicolored mosaic of wildflowers on hill. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Intersecting ridges of wildflowers-covered hills, Temblor Range. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Gully covered with yellow daisies and purple phacelia. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Field of hillside daisies and phacelia on Temblor Range hills above Carrizo Plain. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Phacelia, poppies, goldfields, Temblor Range hills. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Hills with blazing stars, phacelia, hillside daisies, and folds. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Desert Candles in bloom. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Aerial view of Temblor Range ridges in springtime. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)

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There are 25 color pictures on this page out of 106 color pictures of Carrizo Plain National Monument.

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