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Lake Mead - a view looking east down a cactus-covered wash

By Geology and Ecology of National Parks
This is a photo of a view looking east down a cactus-covered wash.
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This view is looking east down a cactus-covered wash next to Nevada Highway 164 toward Cottonwood Basin, a broad section of Lake Mohave in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Princess's Necklace is the highest peak in the distance, located in the southern Black Mountains in Arizona.

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