A snapshot from the relatively "small" thunderstorm that moved over the Salton Sea on September 28th. The last sunlight still reached the cloud tops (just under 20,000 feet) 10 minutes after the sun had set locally at the Salton Sea (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A ram looking down into Borrego Palm Canyon from a rocky perch on a slope of Pá•at Téewenet (Indianhead Peak) on 9-20-26 (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Interesting...makes sense!

Sun rising above the Chocolate Mountains as seen from Borrego Springs (2026-9-26).

Yes, the show went on in your area after this one petered out! Thanks! Love the Joshua Tree in your video.

A thunderstorm developed over the Salton Sea just about an hour ago. Cloud-based lightning can be seen as it got darker (Video: Sicco Rood).

Thank you!

Fiery sunset minutes earlier above Borrego (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Kit fox pup in front of den (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Yes, me too. A singing coyote! Ah...perhaps someday!

Waxing gibbous almost full moon (or Harvest Moon) this evening above Fonts Point. Note the people in front of the moon (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Looking towards San Ysidro Ridge and The Thimble yesterday morning just after sunrise (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A normally elusive grey fox in Borrego Palm Canyon this morning fortunately paused for a few seconds (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Beautiful, thanks!

On the evening of November 11, 2025, rare Northern Lights were visible from Anza-Borrego Desert. A bit of a late video clip of photos stitched together of that late evening (Video: Sicco Rood).

A cumulonimbus cloud behind Travelers Peak (AKA Palm Peak) in its decaying stage on 9-9-26 (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Fonts Point sunrise last Monday (Photo: Sicco Rood).

An otherworldly feel with the lenticular clouds at sunset above Anza-Borrego Desert on 9-5-26 (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A few bighorn sheep pics from Borrego Palm Canyon on 9-6-26 (Photos: Sicco Rood).