Outside Oaxaca, the desert has more than just cacti….
Precipitated mineral salts cascade over a cliff face.
Most of these pictures are from Hierve el Agua, a bubbling (but cold) mineral spring in the hills outside of the city.
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- Early flowers await the end of the dry season.
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- The few trees that grow…
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- support legions of leaf-cutting ants.
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- Precipitated mineral salts cascade over a cliff face.
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- I wouldn’t get too close to this guy…
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- them, too, but for a different reason.
México, D.F.
Filed under: Mike's Notes on Mexico: Places and Peoples | Tagged: desert life, Hierve el Agua, Mexico, Oaxaca
