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Jumping Cholla

Jumping Cholla

The infamous 'jumping' Cholla cactus. Now they don't 'really' jump but walking through the deserts of Arizona, you will swear they do ...
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The infamous 'jumping' Cholla cactus. Now they don't 'really' jump but walking through the deserts of Arizona, you will swear they do when you find some attached to your pants or shoes and swear you never got near one.
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Canon EOS 7D Mark II

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Aperture 8/1 ISO 400 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 24/1

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Jul, 2016

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This is so lovely

They are very pretty, but man, those thorns can poke through just about anything. lol

I love this picture Wow!!!

just beautiful, lighting is perfect coming through the middle

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Beautiful !

Thanks! I have whole albums of photos of these cactuses, since there just about everywhere we hike in this area.

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