Mojave Desert

blade like it tore through paper. The wind is a fickle creature, perhaps to the point of being bipolar, showing up seemingly at random. Sometimes it does well; sometimes it does badly. It always leaves almost immediately. All that remains is a dry desert. If the sun was not so harsh, if the wind were not so capricious in nature, If the oasis is was not so dependent on a single source of sustenance, then maybe I would be I would be peacefully strolling at a slow pace in paradise, as opposed to…

imagination under the influence of “misunderstanding” parents, as he is no longer passionate in pursuing his career an artist and becomes a pilot. As his plane breaks down, the aviator falls into a desert and meets a little prince who has come from a small planet. With the time spend together stranded in the desert, a friendship forms…

“The Nile crashed in the Amazon while being piloted by Mississippi” (Jarod Kintz). Geographic features were crucial for the development of modern day Egypt. Features such as the Nile and the desert provided protection, allowing Egypt to expand. Similar to this, geographic features also influenced America’s development and why America is how it is today. America would not be the same if it was not for the location and the primary resources that we were given. The primary resources gave America…

the men saw look at the figures, they knew what they were: desert raiders. All three rushed to their bags the presented their weapons, but when they turned around to stand their ground, they were each met with two bolas being launched at them, which tied around their torsos and legs. They all fell to the sand, almost completely immobilized. As he struggled to gain freedom, Kader cursed, “Fight us like men, you damn cowards.” Once the desert raiders were directly in front of the trio, the…

leaders and the clan members of Navajo tribe had been focusing on the clan atmosphere and on reinforcing their tribe. The nature allowed them to be more mobile, “The mountain homelands of the Tonto, White Mountain and San Carlos Apaches range from desert ridges to forest-covered peaks.” From February to June, after the harvesting season, men of the tribe used to go hunting and raiding to others land. In the meantime, women used to look after the children and the properties. During the Summer…

Many kids may hear their parents tell us an old story about the desert. Once upon a time, there was a green land full of animals and trees living together. Then humans came. They cut down trees, destroyed many animal habitats to get wood. A green land with living creatures turned into a desert. Billions of trees are cut down every year and sooner or later, desert will be all over the world. That’s exactly Don Marquis concerns about. In his essay, “what the ants are saying,” Don Marquis’s poem…

unappreciated in our industrial societies. But, by looking hard enough through the glare of light reflecting off of our automobiles, buildings, and street signs, its remarkable beauty can leave your speechless. To Edward Abbey, author of the novel “Desert Solitaire,” nature’s beauty is indescribable. Throughout the course of his story, Abbye expresses difficulty trying to depict his experience to the reader. He used enormous lists filled to the brim with visuals and sensory images about…

and exporting the wool to the world, the Australia is often called “The country which sits in the harvesters” and “the country which rides on the back of the sheep”. In terms of mining, the extraction of different minerals and ores from Australia’s desert interior contributes to a larger part of the country’s GDP than both Agriculture and Tourism combined. Australia alone contributes to about 95% of the world’s Opal production. More than half of Australia’s total population lives within five…

Rajasthan’ tour covers some of the most popular destinations of North India. It covers the Golden Triangle of India: Agra, Jaipur and Delhi, Jaisalmer that seems to have sprung out of the leaves of Arabian Nights with its camels and grand fort in a desert setting, the brooding Mehrangarh Fort of Jodhpur and the oasis-like…

Buried (2010) by Rodrigo Cortés is a film construct by only one scene, in the coffin buried deep down under the sand in a desert within a human Paul Conroy with limited resource. Most of the shots using a dark tone to shape a tense atmosphere, in order to increase the disturbed mood and project to the audiences. The first few capture of the shots is all about showing the narrow space inside a coffin, the unfamiliar environment, the heat and the emotional of Paul as well as how limited action…