Man-made geyser while drilling for water will flow until the aquifer is exhausted.
Located in Death Valley this spring is the terminus of the Amargosa underground river.
Donkey standing by Rabbit Brush at hoof-trampled seep.
Water-seeking man-made borehole created springs.
Remains of pioneer trading post on the Mormon Honeymoon trail and sometime drinking water for local ranches.
Heavily altered pool at sacred spring site on the O’odham tribe’s Salt Pilgrimage Trail.
Ancient stains of where water once was at prehistoric Clovis indigenous peoples site
Indian Camp headwaters of the underground Amargosa River watershed. A spiritual stop on the Newe, (Shoshone) people’s 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.
Located at the US Mexico border indigenous people depended on these waters for twelve thousand years in this driest part of Arizona. Today still sacred to the modern Tohono O’odham tribe.
Artesian spring-fed from the Amargosa underground river with abandoned Borax mine scars on the hillsides.
Abandoned livestock watering tank, UT
Accidental fly-over forest fire-retardant drop into a spring. The chemicals take several years to resolve.
Water mining at anthropogenically dredged spring.
Used by indigenous Newe and Numic peoples for over 6,000 years, modern scientists search hyper-saline, extremely hot waters for new medicinal compounds.
Original pool of once thriving springs after many years of anthropogenic alterations and severe drought.
One time important water stop on the California Emmigrant Trail. Today most of the water has been diverted for human use.
Restored spring, saved from becoming a 20,000 unit residential development on a rainy day/
Ancient Centote, (sink-hole) in Bottomless Lakes State Park a popular place to scuba dive in the desert.
Rescued cienega to protect endangered New Mexico Pecos Sunflower.
Artesian spring-fed field on conservation land where plans for high power tension lines will be located to transfer electrical power from rural counties to cities in the West.
A rare restored marsh-wetland on of the few reamining Cienagas in the Southwest.
Captured, piped spring water storage tank for livestock watering and fire suppression.
One of the largest cold water geysers in the world created when an oil exploration borehole tapped into an ancient fossil water aquifer under pressure.
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.
Fresh water spring mound at the ocean’s edge, Gran Desierto de Altar, a desert by the sea.
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.
Fish trap study in the restored spring in the largest remaining oasis in the Mojave with ancient relic endemic species under threat from large solar arrays and Lithium mining in the area in Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.