Yesterday's full moon (Hunter's Moon) rising above the Borrego Badlands (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Sunrise in Borrego yesterday morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Waterfalls dropped 600 feet into Canyon De Chelly in a matter of minutes on Oct 13, 2026. A significant thunderstorm caused a downpour and flashflood & later flooded part of the town of Chinle (Video: Sicco Rood). Navajo Police Dept. video: facebook.com/reel/1455242856… @NationNavajo

A snapshot from the relatively "small" thunderstorm that moved over the Salton Sea on September 28th. The last sunlight still reached the cloud tops (just under 20,000 feet) 10 minutes after the sun had set locally at the Salton Sea (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A ram looking down into Borrego Palm Canyon from a rocky perch on a slope of Pá•at Téewenet (Indianhead Peak) on 9-20-26 (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Another stronger thunderstorm causing localized flooding developed yesterday evening over the Coachella Valley with awesome lightning viewing from Borrego. Seen here (timelapse) behind the Santa Rosa Mountains with the camera starting a bit after 9:30 pm (Video: Sicco Rood).

A thunderstorm developed over the Salton Sea just about an hour ago. Cloud-based lightning can be seen as it got darker (Video: Sicco Rood).

Fiery sunset minutes earlier above Borrego (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Kit fox pup in front of den (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A desert sunrise this morning with a few wispy clouds and a lone ocotillo below. Chocolate Mountains in the distance (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Another up close moonshot from yesterday evening above Fonts Point (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Waxing gibbous almost full moon (or Harvest Moon) this evening above Fonts Point. Note the people in front of the moon (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Looking towards San Ysidro Ridge and The Thimble yesterday morning just after sunrise (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A normally elusive grey fox in Borrego Palm Canyon this morning fortunately paused for a few seconds (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A bit of a late video clip of photos stitched together from November 11, 2025, when rare Northern Lights were visible for short periods from Anza-Borrego Desert (Video: Sicco Rood).

A cumulonimbus cloud behind Travelers Peak (AKA Palm Peak) in its decaying stage on 9-9-26 (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Fonts Point sunrise last Monday (Photo: Sicco Rood).

An otherworldly feel with the lenticular clouds at sunset above Anza-Borrego Desert on 9-5-26 (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A few bighorn sheep pics from Borrego Palm Canyon on 9-6-26 (Photos: Sicco Rood).

Palm-lined street in Borrego Springs during a cloudy sunrise last Sunday (Photo: Sicco Rood).