Kevin's Photo Journal

2026

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View of the Spring Mountains from Blue Diamond Hill (Las Vegas) Nevada

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Las Vegas Overlook, Blue Diamond Hill

Red Rock National Conservation Area, Nevada USA

January 11, 2026 Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Samsung S23 Ultra smartphone

Views 1 [Panoramic]

Views 2 [Panoramic]

Loggerhead Shrike [Bird]

Fossil

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Bonnie Spring, Mormon Green Spring

Red Rock National Conservation Area, Nevada USA

January 31, 2026 Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Samsung S23 Ultra smartphone

Views 1 [Panoramic]

Turpentinebroom 1 [Flower]

Turpentinebroom 2 [Flower]

Petrified Wood

Valerie

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Las Vegas Overlook [Muffins] via Skull Canyon

Red Rock National Conservation Area, Nevada USA

February 8, 2026 Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Samsung S23 Ultra smartphone

Views 3 [Panoramic]

Eastern Joshua Tree 1 [Flower]

Eastern Joshua Tree 2 [Flower]

Eastern Joshua Tree 3 [Flower]

Eastern Joshua Tree 4 [Flower]

Eastern Joshua Tree 5 [Flower]

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Death Valley (2026 Superbloom)

Death Valley National Park, Dante's View, Badwater Road, Jubilee Pass Road, California USA

February 21, 2026 Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Samsung S23 Ultra smartphone

Dante's View 1

Dante's View 2 [Panoramic]

Views 1 [Panoramic]

Views 2 [Panoramic]

Views 4 [Panoramic]

Bigelow's Monkeyflower [Flower]

Blazing Star [Flower]

Brown-eyed Evening-primrose [Flower]

Cheesebush 1 [Flower]

Cheesebush 2 [Flower]

Cryptantha 1 [Flower]

Cryptantha 2 [Flower]

Desert Five-spot [Flower]

Desert Gold 1 [Flower]

Desert Gold 2 [Flower]

Desert Gold 3 [Flower]

Desert Golden-sun 1 [Flower]

Desert Golden-sun 2 [Flower]

Desert Golden-sun 3 [Flower]

Desert Gold Poppy [Flower]

Desert Pincushion [Flower]

Desert Sand-Verbena [Flower]

Desert Star [Flower]

Golden-carpet [Flower]

Gravel Ghost [Flower]

Mohavea Breviflora [Flower]

Mojave Desertstar [Flower]

Notch-leaf Scorpion-weed 1 [Flower]

Notch-leaf Scorpion-weed 2 [Flower]

Notch-leaf Scorpion-weed 3 [Flower]

Notch-leaf Scorpion-weed 4 [Flower]

Purplemat [Flower]

Rock Gilia [Flower]

Slender Sunflower 1 [Flower]

Slender Sunflower 2 [Flower]

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Hollow Rock and South Peak

Red Rock National Conservation Area, Nevada USA

March 7, 2026 Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Samsung S23 Ultra smartphone

View 9 [Panoramic]

View 11 [Panoramic]

View 15 [Panoramic]

Miner's Lettuce [Flower]

Mojave Yucca 1 [Flower]

Mojave Yucca 2 [Flower]

Mojave Yucca 3 [Flower]

Narrowleaf Goldenbush [Flower]

Nevada Biscuitroot 1 [Flower]

Nevada Biscuitroot 2 [Flower]

Paintbrush [Flower]

Parry's Lomatium 1 [Flower]

Parry's Lomatium 2 [Flower]

Turpentine Broom 1 [Flower]

Turpentine Broom 2 [Flower]

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Kraft Mountain via South Chute

Red Rock National Conservation Area, Nevada USA

March 15, 2026 Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Samsung S23 Ultra smartphone

View 6 [Panoramic]

Basin Yellow Cryptantha [Flower]

California Buckwheat [Flower]

Dainty Desert Hideseed [Flower]

Desert Marigold [Flower]

Desert Pepperweed [Flower]

Desert Platain 1 [Flower]

Desert Platain 2 [Flower]

Freckled Milkvetch 1 [Flower]

Freckled Milkvetch 2 [Flower]

Globemallow [Flower]

Narrow-leaved Bedstraw 1 [Flower]

Narrow-leaved Bedstraw 2 [Flower]

Notch-leaved Phacelia [Flower]

Panamint Butterfly Bush 1 [Flower]

Panamint Butterfly Bush 2 [Flower]

Penstemon Bicolor [Flower]

Silver Puffs [Flower]

Slender Poreleaf (Odora) [Flower]

Spring Mountain Milkvetch [Flower]

Whispering Bells [Flower]

Wishbone Bush 1 [Flower]

Wishbone Bush 2 [Flower]

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White Rock Loop

Red Rock National Conservation Area, Nevada USA

March 28, 2026 Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Samsung S23 Ultra smartphone

View 2 [Panoramic]

View 4 [Panoramic]

Banana Yucca 1 [Flower]

Banana Yucca 2 [Flower]

Blackbrush [Flower]

Cliffrose [Flower]

Death Camas 1 [Flower]

Death Camas 2 [Flower]

Death Valley Phacelia [Flower]

Desert Globemallow [Flower]

Desert Indian Paintbrush [Flower]

Desert Larkspur [Flower]

Mojave Yucca [Flower]

Scarlet Gaura [Flower]

Sego Lily 1 [Flower]

Sego Lily 2 [Flower]

Sego Lily 3 [Flower]

Utah Agave [Flower Spike]

Utah Penstemon 1 [Flower]

Utah Penstemon 2 [Flower]

Utah Penstemon 3 [Flower]

Wild Hyacinth (Blue Dicks) [Flower]

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Hollow Rock

Red Rock National Conservation Area, Nevada USA

April 5, 2026 Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Samsung S23 Ultra smartphone

View 1 [Panoramic]

View 2 [Panoramic]

Banana Yucca, MormonTea [Flower]

Blackbrush [Flower]

Claret Cup Cactus 1 [Flower]

Claret Cup Cactus 2 [Flower]

Mojave Ceanothus 1 [Flower]

Mojave Ceanothus 2 [Flower]

Mojave Ceanothus 3 [Flower]

Mojave Sandwort 1 [Flower]

Mojave Sandwort 2 [Flower]

Navajo Fleabane [Flower]

Stemless Four-Nerve Daisy 1 [Flower]

Stemless Four-Nerve Daisy 2 [Flower]

Utah Penstemon [Flower]

Winding Mariposa Lily 1 [Flower]

Winding Mariposa Lily 2 [Flower]

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Cathedral Rock

Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, Nevada USA

April 10, 2026 Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Samsung S23 Ultra smartphone

View 3 [Panoramic]

View 5 [Panoramic]

Creeping Mahonia [Flower]

Palmer's Chipmunk

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Blue Diamond Canyon 1

Red Rock National Conservation Area, Nevada USA

April 5, 2026 Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Samsung S23 Ultra smartphone

View 14 [Panoramic]

Master Blister Beetle 1

Master Blister Beetle 2

Painted Lady [Butterfly]

Desert Tortoise

Buckhorn Cholla [Flower]

Cliffrose [Flower]

Death Valley Phacelia [Flower]

Desert Four O'Clock 1 [Flower]

Desert Four O'Clock 2 [Flower]

Desert Larkspur [Flower]

Desert Plantain [Flower]

Desert Rock Nettle 1 [Flower]

Desert Rock Nettle 2 [Flower]

Desert Thistle [Flower]

Desert Trumpet [Flower]

Desert Wishbone-bush [Flower]

Eastern Mojave Buckwheat [Flower]

Honey Mesquite [Flower]

Littleleaf Ratany [Flower]

Mojave Marigold [Flower]

Roundleaf Phacelia [Flower]

Threadleaf Ragwort [Flower]

Utah Agave 1 [Flower]

Utah Agave 2 [Flower]

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