Water-seeking man-made borehole created springs.
Donkey standing by Rabbit Brush at hoof-trampled seep.
Remains of pioneer trading post on the Mormon Honeymoon trail and sometime drinking water for local ranches.
Ancient Centote, (sink-hole) in Bottomless Lakes State Park a popular place to scuba dive in the desert.
Restored spring, saved from becoming a 20,000 unit residential development on a rainy day/
Located in Death Valley this spring is the terminus of the Amargosa underground river.
Original pool of once thriving springs after many years of anthropogenic alterations and severe drought.
Used by indigenous Newe and Numic peoples for over 6,000 years, modern scientists search hyper-saline, extremely hot waters for new medicinal compounds.
A rare restored marsh-wetland on of the few reamining Cienagas in the Southwest.
Water mining at anthropogenically dredged spring.
Rescued cienega to protect endangered New Mexico Pecos Sunflower.
Abandoned livestock watering tank, UT
Accidental fly-over forest fire-retardant drop into a spring. The chemicals take several years to resolve.
Fence protected spring home of the endangered Mojave Tui fish on important indigenous and pioneer water stop Old Spanish Trail from Santa Fe, NM to Los Angeles, CA.
Prospectors in the 19th century looked for palm trees as their water source and bathing place when crossing the Mojave Desert. Tourists enjoy them today.
Iconic natural sinkhole 80 feet deep is a popular dive spot in the largest hot desert in North America.
Captured, piped spring water storage tank for livestock watering and fire suppression.
Heavily altered pool at sacred spring site on the O’odham tribe’s Salt Pilgrimage Trail.
Restored spring part of the largest remaining intact oasis in the Mojave now threatened by proposed Lithium mine on Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge border.
Man-made geyser while drilling for water will flow until the aquifer is exhausted.
