A spring in the desert--

Corn Creek, northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. On the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, established to protect the desert bighorn sheep. Looking south--it's not so remote as it seems, as Vegas is beyond that visual edge! The gray-green shrubby looking trees are mesquite. The mountains on the left are the Las Vegas Range (high point Gass Peak, named after an early explorer), which dominate the skyline to the north of Las Vegas.