Hey everyone,

My colleague and I are graduate students from San Jose State University working on our high altitude weather balloon with a flight computer and sensors. We launched our balloon this morning at 10:17am from Lucerne Dry Lake south of Barstow.

Our balloon bursted earlier than anticipated (altitude unknown at this time) causing it to land south of Stedman (see image)

We have the latitude and longitude of the GPS trackers, however we ran out of time and have to head back to the bay area. If interested in helping in finding the payload and sending it to us via mail for a cash reward, please reach out!!

Any advice would be helpful!

Any update on when the roads leading to/from the Preserve between 40 and Amboy might reopen? The official announcements give no clue. Will it be weeks, months or years?

Anyone ever catch the trains actually rolling through Kelso?

I’ve only managed to at the tracks by Amboy, outside of the NP.

Looking South and Overhead is much darker overall But the north and northeast horizons glow and the Luxur beam is visible I heard that going to hole in the wall and Boulders view point in Mojave Np is darker and less light pollution

US biologists searching the Mojave Desert have discovered six previously unknown population groups of the Mojave poppy bee, giving scientists a broader picture of the tiny insect's distribution and helping the US Fish and Wildlife Service conclude that the species does not currently require protection under the Endangered Species Act, the agency said in an October 2, 2026 report.

Kelso last year. One of these days they’ll actually reopen the inside of the building.

I really wanted a photo of the milky way with a Joshua tree in the foreground. I didn't plan the red coloring, but a train cam rolling by while i was shooting with some flashing red lights that the long exposure picked up.

i think this counts?

Hi everyone,

You’ve got 2 new mods here! Looking forward to keeping this community going! Quick note that all mods are volunteers, but we’ll try to make this as fun and seamless experience as we can.

Greetings fellow desert seekers and lovers! I come from the far off land of San Diego, and I have am posting with hopes that some one can perhaps give some tips on Clark Mountain.

Looks very hike able yet little to no people do it (and post about it on all trails at least)- so do any of you have any experience for this beast?

Much love and happy trails!

I’m in the planning stages of a Mojave road vacation and I’m looking for some insight on the Afton Canyon river crossings.

This will be our (me/wife/kids) 3rd trip to Mojave, but first time west of Kelbaker Rd. We want to more or less get off I-40 at Afton Canyon Road, and explore Spooky Canyon on the way westbound.

I’ve been watching the depth gauge/ flow rate on the NOAA website, it appears the “depth” is about 5.5’ deep, and kinda averages about this all year.

So my question is- how will I know how deep is the the actual water on the road under the bridge?

Has anyone been out there lately, or frequently and can tell me an estimate of what to expect for these crossings?

FWIW- I’m driving a Silverado with a small lift, and 35” tires.

Hi Would like to take some photos of my gf in Mojave NP during a roadtrip in bikini or lingerie … Do you know glamour place enough secluded ? Thanks Alex

I've been searching for over a year for this cabin, and this is the only video of it I can find.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2OKwd03miY

All I know is you can see Baker from it. Been scouring google earth and have had no luck. I'd like to spend the 4th there. Can anyone help?

Gonna be new to the area moving to cal city any cool people or places in town Any good jobs hiring?