desert fire

More data from the jeep tour on the San Andreas Fault: The trees in the front are what the native tree looks like without cosmetic surgery. It gets so hot in the summer that the dry fronds can combust and burn the tree.
The trees in the background have been burnt.
The Indians used to burn the trees as well as their own grass huts every few years for the same purpose.
The fire does not kill the tree but, in nature's way, makes the tree healthier by killings the palm beetles.
Behind those trees are sand drifts that have been pushed up by earthquakes. That sand is fine as face powder and is called gouge.
....I suppose for a jolly blog this is pretty dry data. insert smiley face.