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Mid-70s Spring in the Sonoran Desert
Winter rains awakened this lush field of California poppies near U.S. National Science Foundation ( NSF ) Kitt Peak National Observatory ( KPNO ), a Program of NSF NOIRLab. Carey Portnoy, a former Technical Assistant at Kitt Peak, captured this image sometime between 1975 and 1977. This area along Arizona State Route 86 is known for its abundance of springtime wildflowers, but it is full of interesting desert flora…
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- NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Telescope
- Kitt Peak National Observatory
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- CC BY 4.0 — credit required
- Published
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- NOIRLab release page
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