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The upper turrets of the Castle Mountains and Hart Peak soak up the very last rays of the day

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6321-malpais-spring.jpg The sun sets, little by little, minute by minute, on the Castle Mountains and Hart PeakThumbnailsThe moon is full enough tonight to cast shadows here near Malpais Spring, Mojave National PreserveThe sun sets, little by little, minute by minute, on the Castle Mountains and Hart PeakThumbnailsThe moon is full enough tonight to cast shadows here near Malpais Spring, Mojave National PreserveThe sun sets, little by little, minute by minute, on the Castle Mountains and Hart PeakThumbnailsThe moon is full enough tonight to cast shadows here near Malpais Spring, Mojave National PreserveThe sun sets, little by little, minute by minute, on the Castle Mountains and Hart PeakThumbnailsThe moon is full enough tonight to cast shadows here near Malpais Spring, Mojave National PreserveThe sun sets, little by little, minute by minute, on the Castle Mountains and Hart PeakThumbnailsThe moon is full enough tonight to cast shadows here near Malpais Spring, Mojave National Preserve

I stand here listening to the nothingness and the breeze, disconnected from all those things "that matter." It's well worth the sweat and calories that it takes to get here.