A truck and travel trailer at sunrise in the Mojave Desert

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Morning in the Mojave Desert

Sunrise in the Mojave Desert in October 2026. Our truck and travel trailer sat in open desert with mountains in the distance. It was about 60 at sunrise, almost no wind, and a clear sky.

I'm only talking about this as a general stretch of Mojave desert, after we had already moved on, with no road or campsite names. The light on the trailer and the open ground was the whole reason I took the photo.

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