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Carrizo Plain National Monument

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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) Moonrise over field of goldfied flowers. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Dense wildflower mat and Temblor Range at sunrise. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Sun rising over endless flowers. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Sun rising over carpets of daisies. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Dense carpet of tidytips. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Hillside daisies and tidytips. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Tidytips and larkspur wildflowers. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Close up of tidytips. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Close-up of tidytips, hillside daisies, phacelia, and mud cracks. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Grasses. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Wildflowers form solid yellow carpet below Caliente Range hills. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Dense carpet of yellow wildflowers on valley floor. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Valley floor covered by flowers, and Temblor Range. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Grassland with wildflowers and storm clouds. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Wildflowers, Temblor Range and dark sky. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Wildflowers in meadow and Temblor Range. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Butte in the spring and Soda Lake. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) San Andreas Fault. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Solid carpet of yellow wildflowers and Temblor Range. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Endless carpets of daisies and distant Temblor Range. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Spring wildflowers on hills. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Aerial view of Carrizo Plain in springtime. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Wildflower carpet at the base of Caliente Range. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Road and Soda Lake. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Soda Lake and Temblor Range in springtime. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Aerial view of Carrizo Plain and lakes. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Soda Lake with reflections of Temblor Range. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Soda Lake. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Aerial view of Soda Lake. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Selby Rocks, plain, and Temblor Range. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Wildflowers and salt lake. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Wildflowers and salt bed bordering Soda Lake. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Soda Lake, late afternoon. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Wildflowers and pond. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Sunset over Soda Lake in spring. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Aerial view of Temblor Range with patches of wildflowers. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Wildflowers-covered hills, Temblor Range. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Temblor Range hills with wildflowers. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Temblor Range hills covered with wildflower mats. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Hill with multicolored flower patches. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Carpet of daisies and phacelia high above Carrizo Plain. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) San Joaquin blazing stars and phacelia on Temblor Range hills above valley. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Desert Candles overlooking valley. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Soda Lake and Carrizo Plain from Temblor Range hills. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Tansy Phacelia, blazing stars, and daisies carpet entire hillside. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Blazing stars, phacelia, hillside daisies, and folds. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Purple Phacelia and ridges covered by yellow hillside daisies. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Wildflower mat and hillside slopes. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Canyon walls covered with yellow wildflowers, Temblor Range. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Foxtail grass and wildflowers, Temblor Range hills. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Grasses and wildflowers, Temblor Range hills, late afternoon. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Yellow wildflower map and Temblor Range hills, late afternoon. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Temblor Range hills in the spring, dusk. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Bend at Wallace Creek with channel offset. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Aerial view of Wallace Creek channel offset by the San Andreas Fault. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Aerial view of Wallace Creek and San Andreas Fault at sunset. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Wallace Creek and Temblor Range. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Carrizo Plain from Caliente Range at dawn. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Caliente Ridge with juniper above plain at sunrise. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Carrizo Plain seen from Caliente Ridge. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Juniper on Caliente Ridge. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Forested slopes, Caliente Range. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Tree skeleton and Caliente Range. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Grasses and Painted Rock at dawn. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Aerial view of Painted Rock and plain at sunrise. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Aerial view of Painted Rock and Caliente Mountains. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Aerial view of Painted Rock sandstone formation. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Aerial view of Painted Rock. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Painted Rock at sunrise. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Painted Rock sandstone monolith standing forty five feet above the Carrizo Plain floor. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Inside the U-shaped Painted Rock. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Looking out from inside Painted Rock. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Road. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Road and Selby Ranch. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Selby Ranch. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Barn and truck, Selby Ranch. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Rusted truck and barn, Selby Ranch. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Rusted truck and farm, Selby Ranch. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Inside Selby Ranch. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Traver Ranch. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color) Abandonned agricultural machinery, Traver Ranch. Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA ( color)
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