The starkness of the desert has its own beauty, with a sky so big it calls you to look up and around at the vastness of creation. The moon begins its descent as the sun rises. Last night’s sky-full of sparkling stars have faded into the heavens. One skinny tree growing from the sand upward, marks the horizon as the sun peeks his head over the ancient mountain ridge. How awesome is the beauty of the desert. How amazing to be alive and surrounded by it.