Even with the sun below the horizon, the spines of cholla cactus appear to glow as they capture the remaining ambient light from the setting sun. This is my favourite time to be in the desert. An eerie calm radiates through the desert. Insects and animals avoiding the heat during the day emerge from their burrows. What seems to be devoid of life during the daylight hours becomes a thriving ecosystem of creatures perfectly adapted for life in the desert.
I took a quick minute before heading to work as the sun was just rising above the horizon to photograph the crops growing at a farm near my house in Airdrie, Alberta. The sky was filled with smoke from forest fires to the west, which gave the sun a beautiful amber glow.
