Looking Up #1
by Robert Bales
Title
Looking Up #1
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
While spending a little time in the Sonora desert I found this beautiful lonesome Saguaro.
The magnificent Saguaro Cactus, the state flower of Arizona, is composed of a tall, thick, fluted, columnar stem, 18 to 24 inches in diameter, often with several large branches (arms) curving upward in the most distinctive conformation of all Southwestern cacti.
The skin is smooth and waxy, the trunk and stems have stout, 2-inch spines clustered on their ribs. When water is absorbed , the outer pulp of the Saguaro can expand like an accordion, increasing the diameter of the stem and, in this way, can increase its weight by up to a ton
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February 26th, 2016
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