A white travel trailer in the Mojave Desert with six solar panels on the side and three more leaning on the ground, a gray pickup parked beside it, and a rocky hill under a clear blue sky

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Our solar setup in the Mojave

I set up solar panels on the travel trailer in the Mojave Desert in California, in November 2023. Six panels were up on the side of the trailer, three more were leaning on the ground in front, and the gray pickup was parked beside it, with open sand and a rocky hill behind the trailer under a clear blue sky. It was late morning, around 55, and the sun was out, with almost no wind.

I took this looking at the side of the trailer, with the panels covering most of the wall and the ladder standing in the sand. It was a simple setup out in the open desert.

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