November 15th - November 20th, 2025
As a truck and three Jeep Wagoners drive up a bumpy mining road, a rainbow with two pots of gold greets us. We drive towards the gold, past “artisanal” mines to our camp in the Nipton Hills. A research site for Professor Persico, the Nipton Hills hold a rich ecological and geological history. Surrounded by the elusive Joshua Tree, our last long field camp welcomed us with rare desert rain.
by Claire Warncke