At Desert Mountain, a private residential enclave in Scottsdale with six Jack Nicklaus courses, two courses each year are not being overseeded, on a rotating basis.

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To mitigate the effects of such pollution, Mandel used to drag his gear, including a 30-pound telescope, 75-pound mount and two 20-pound marine batteries, to remote desert or mountain locations.

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The Race2Recovery team is hoping to become the first disability team to complete the challenge, which takes in around 9, 000 kilometers of extreme mountain and desert terrain.

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The snow comes across the Great Salt Lake Desert, hits the Wasatch mountain range and gets pushed up and turned into light, but consistent powdery snow.

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On Thursday, NASA released a sweeping color panorama of the planet's surface, showing the rocky, reddish desert surrounding it and the mountain it will explore in the coming months.

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America is blessed with open space, wilderness areas, mountain vistas, diverse wildlife, austere desert and bountiful farm land.

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Just across the Californian border, Palm Springs is another desert city, baking in the small flatland between four mountain ranges.

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Feeling a little frustrated, I snuck away to the desert of Fruita, Colorado this weekend for some late fall mountain biking.

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The desert estate, which is on 1.56 acres, has panoramic mountain views as well as a private lake and multiple waterfalls.

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