Do you see what I see?

‘It looks like a close-up view of a semi-polished cross-section of a siliceous geode, the warm sienna browns being perhaps rich in iron oxide, with an infilling of chalcedony and a few dark chunks of something like magnetite.’

JOHN IWERKS, landscape artist

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‘It’s not something I would want to see a single track in, not a foot, equestrian or motorized vehicle. This is for the eyes to enjoy.’

-- ED WALDHEIM,

president of the California

Off-Road Vehicle Assn.

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‘I see the meeting of ocean and sand dunes with a high wind blowing. I love to go where ecosystems meet. There, the most wonderful and strange plants and animals have evolved.’

-- ELDEN HUGHES,

desert activist for the Sierra Club