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Mulege area trip photos post Hurricane Jimena

ecomujeres - 10-21-2009 at 02:28 AM

If you're interested in seeing photos of the trip we made recently to the Mulege area, with an emphasis on the effects of Hurricane Jimena on the desert and plants, then go to:


http://www.lasecomujeres.org/jimena_files/jimena_legacy.html

Debra

[Edited on 10-21-2009 by ecomujeres]

Beachgirl - 10-21-2009 at 06:04 AM

Debra, I am awestruck by every single one of your photos. Just fabulous. How wonderful to have your intimate knowledge of flora and fauna. I just look out and say, "Pretty", or "Wow!"

rpleger - 10-21-2009 at 10:05 AM

Thank you so much for the fotos of Mulege and the desert plants...I haven't been back since the flood and I intend to return next week...

Trip pics

tehag - 10-21-2009 at 10:32 AM

Wow!! What a great post. This is the kind of stuff that really makes Nomad's float my boat.

DianaT - 10-21-2009 at 04:17 PM

Beautiful---really beautiful.

Love your photos and the identification of so many plants.

Thanks ----really great to look at and a place to learn more about the plants.

Bajatime - 10-21-2009 at 04:40 PM

Wow never seen it so green thanks for the photos.
Should be a nice drive for my Dad, He leaves tomorrow morning, headed for Chivato.

oladulce - 10-24-2009 at 06:40 PM

Absolutely gorgeous pictures !

Words alone would not have done it justice . Especially like the view across the Bahia to the tip of Concepcion- I thought i'd seen green, but nothing like this.

Thanks for sharing from those of us who are missing it.

Leo - 10-24-2009 at 07:27 PM

Great photo rep!!
And with such nice captures. common names and Latin, woah!!

[Edited on 10-25-2009 by Leo]

ecomujeres - 10-25-2009 at 07:45 PM

Thanks to all you nomads for the generous comments about my photos. It was very difficult to decide which photos to show from the approx. 1000 photos from the trip. Hard to keep the finger off the shutter release (in multi-photo mode), and I just kept saying "wow, wow..." at all the wonderful greenery as I shot away!

I'm glad that there is appreciation for the plant identification. I've been seriously studying/researching BCS plants since after Hurricane Julieta in 2001 and I am always happy to share my growing knowledge of Baja's plants.

If I have time before we return to BC, I'll look for others to post.

Debra

Stunning photos!

Mulegena - 10-25-2009 at 08:00 PM

Thanks, Debra... and your Baja Hurricane Flora ID book will be in print when??

TheColoradoDude - 10-25-2009 at 08:09 PM

Wow, what a treat that was! Thanks.

ecomujeres - 10-25-2009 at 08:21 PM

Hola Mulegena:

Still working diligently on my BCS plant guide book. This trip allowed me to get a few more plant photos that I was lacking as well as to do a bit more specimen collecting in the area.

I do currently have a photo CD of 89 Mulege area plants (many also found throughout BC) that I am selling. Anyone interested can U2U me about it.

Bob H - 10-26-2009 at 08:10 AM

Outstanding! Incredible!

Thank you thank you thank you.
Bob H

Cypress - 10-26-2009 at 09:35 AM

ecomujeres, Thanks.

ecomujeres - 10-27-2009 at 05:13 PM

OK, so I did find a few more photos and have created a new page, a mixture of stuff.

Also, if you want more of plant names in Spanish or have friends who only read Spanish, all these pages now have a Spanish version. I also had to make a few corrections and fix a few missing links.

New page:

http://www.lasecomujeres.org/jimena_files/jimena_legacy5.htm...

Debra

Ken Bondy - 10-27-2009 at 06:21 PM

Fabulous photos and captions Debra, beautifully presented. Muy bien hecho! ++Ken++

BajaNuts - 10-27-2009 at 09:05 PM

some really long hours went into this project and it shows!

Wonderful pics! Thank you for sharing! and very useful also!

[Edited on 10-28-2009 by BajaNuts]

Thank you for sharing

Dianamo - 10-28-2009 at 06:05 AM

the beautiful photos and information!

ecomujeres - 12-7-2009 at 10:15 PM

Hold on to your hats. I've created a new page of photos showing the difference in a number of areas from around El Volcan las Tres Virgenes to Mulege between our first trip in Sep-Oct and now (Nov-Dec). Enjoy!

http://www.lasecomujeres.org/plants/hurricanes_plants01.html

Debra

P.S. I'm copying my Sep-Oct photos to my mp3 player so I can take it with me into the field in order to better duplicate more photos as we continue scoping out the countryside. This is really fun, and enlightening.

[Edited on 12-8-2009 by ecomujeres]

bajafam - 12-9-2009 at 01:45 PM

Wonderful! I just love to see everything so green and gorgeous, it really shows Mother Nature at her best, especially after seeing so many photos of her wrath. Thank You!!!

Vince - 12-10-2009 at 11:32 AM

Great photos, Debra! I have been there twice since Jimena, but flew into Serenedad both times and missed the views around the Tres Virgenes area. Nice to see it up close thru your photos. And good you are coming out with a book on the local plants, the last one I have is a good one but about 30 years old. NICE WORK!