Rivers in the desert

al qarara, algeria

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: September 9th, 2012 In our First Reading this week Isaiah consoles Israel, promising a time will come when wrongs will be made right, when “the ears of t…

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Sunset at the end of day 3 backpacking into the Paria Wilderness, now in the middle of the canyon as it begins to widen, and just opposite Shower Spring, Paria Canyon, Arizona. The spring is across the river, and ensconced in a deep thicket of willows, that are themselves rooted in thigh-deep, cold spring water. The water tumbles into recessed alcoves as the delicious moisture sheets from a crevice and down the rocks of the canyon walls. Standing in the deep, cold pool and drinking in the…

Deadvlei (dead marsh) is part of one the oldest deserts in the world, the Namib-Rand desert in Namibia. The clay pan was formed after rainfall, when the Tsauchab river flooded, creating temporary shallow pools where the abundance of water allowed camel thorn trees to grow. When the climate changed, drought hit the area, and sand dunes encroached on the pan, which blocked the river from the area. The trees died, as there no longer was enough water to survive. The remaining skeletons of the…