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This group is dedicated to all people who love desert landscapes. Whether you like the Sahara, Arabian, Gobi, Patagonian, Great Basin, etc you can join.

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Sep 3, 2010

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Featured

The Desert by *atomhawk

That Joshua Tree by ~aquarius-galuxy

Joshua Tree Sunrise by ~aquarius-galuxy

Power Lines by ~aquarius-galuxy

Featured

Photography

Rainbow Basin by ~atomicrick

Photography

Traditional

Taos by ~daveinaz

De sable et de lune by ~gwendyyd

Desert Song by ~Rockey15

Salua by ~Sarah--AS

Traditional

Literature

CHAPTER ONE: THE ENDCHAPTER ONE: THE END

Kendry's mouth was parched and his skin dry. Charcoal black, eye length hair flapped violently against his black tinted sunglasses as the screaming wind continued to whip up the rust coloured sand into the sky, the sun now duplicated its colour. He repositioned the multi-coloured patchwork scarf over his mouth and nose again as it had been slapped away by the wind. Kendry trudged forward, head down, hands protecting his face and keeping his scarf up; backpack feeling heavier than ever. One step at a time. The sand was fine, his black boots sunk deep with every trying step he took up and down the towering dunes.

DroppinCHAPTER ONE: THE END by ~S-C-O-R-C-H-95

Moving MountainsSabastia scoffed before answering. "You're not looking for anything, boyo. Just pay attention."
She was leaning forwards on her elbows, watching the Amurru intently. Her dark eyes were riveting.

Hathor signaled for the others to leave her. The staff now clenched in her right hand, ebony and adorned with dangling golden trinkets, was held at an arm's length before her, pointing north. The end of it was flat and fanned outwards, but its edges were brittle and worn.
The Ramadi along the dromos rendered just outside the crumbling metropolis fell silent, overcome by the darkness and dust and the shepherd before them. A lone ercinee sang for dawMoving Mountains by ~AlexIscariot

SandThe sand was hot under her legs, hot enough to burn her skin if she had touched it without her protective gear on. Her boots, pants, gloves, long sleeve shirt, respirator, and headgear, all dark brown in color, had protective padding in them shielding her body from the intense heat that surrounded her. They were the only things keeping her from shriveling up like a raisin under the intense glare of the sun. The young woman could still feel the heat even with all the gear. The danger did not bother her much though the landscape around her was too beautiful.
Large sand dunes surrounded her on almost all sides, most were taller than two storySand by ~Tessbunny

Of Khamsin Wind-Death of ReizoDon't worry, General. You will live on as a part of me.

It was very quiet carnage to begin with. After all, Regan didn't want to disturb anyone else.
Finding and eating General Reizo took approximately ten minutes. Due to the guards, who were rendered useless against her, the process only took slightly longer than expected.
Trenni crawled in through the window just as Regan was finishing. Perching upon the sill, the giant centipede watched with the occasional twitch of its antennas.
Slowly, steadily, the female ghoul got to her feet. Her closed-eye expression was one of sublime satisfaction.

"This is what becomes of a man who's ego stagOf Khamsin Wind-Death of Reizo by ~AlexIscariot

Literature

Digital

desert by ~YoBarte

Desert Lords by *VampirePrincess007

Bone County by ~foreverforum

Saguaro by ~foreverforum

Digital

Other

We found some shoes.. by ~ThousandPetals

deviation in storage by *Rebelflowers

Teakettle Junction by *dwingephotography

One Man's Treasure by *dwingephotography

Other

Artistic Nudes

Trip by *dwingephotography

2013 Felicity Calendar by *dwingephotography

Take Me Now by *dwingephotography

Blue Mood by ~CherylJewelle

Artistic Nudes

Favourites

Dune Dames by ~miss-mosh

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Desert-Punk by ~Rayph

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The mermaid in desert by ~mahirates

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RULES

GENERAL RULES

No foul language, racism, or inappropriate comments.

Be respectful.

HOW TO JOIN

Click on the "join group" icon that's on our front page, and wait to be accepted into the group.

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Note: You can install the "Groups" widget on your page. Go to "edit page" on your front page, and simply install the "groups" widget!

SUBMISSION RULES

You must be a member to submit. Watchers will be unable to submit.

All deviations must be desert related.

Every member may submit ONLY 1 work per day.

Please submit to correct gallery folders. The folders are PHOTOGRAPHY, TRADITIONAL, DIGITAL (which includes photomanips, digital painting, and vector), LITERATURE, ARTISTIC NUDES (no pornographic images in this group please) and OTHER (for anything that doesn't fit into the above categories)

Please do NOT submit to the FEATURED gallery. Only admins will be choosing the most outstanding works to add to that gallery.

Although we don't require you to be an expert in your chosen medium, we do have Minimal Quality Standards: Photos that are out-of-focus, unclear, over/under-exposed, etc will NOT be accepted. And drawings should be more than just little doodles you drew in your notebook during math class

Contest Ideas

by ~asyenka, Aug 28, 2011, 4:05:56 PM
Journals / Personal

UPDATE:
Unfortunately we won't be having the contest, because not enough people showed interest

. We'll try again eventually when we have more group members and hopefully more people will be interested.

___________________________________________________________________________________

Hi everybody!!

So I am done university, and have found work right after so I have continued to be quite busy

...
However, the group's 1 year anniversary is coming up on September 3rd and I want to start a contest to celebrate this.

Right now I'm looking for ideas for a contest

. With work, I unfortunately don't have time to do a lot of thinking myself, so I am really counting on your great ideas.

So please post your ideas for the contest.
My only requirements is that it is desert related and that it is as inclusive as possible (ex. different mediums rather than just photography)

I'm hoping to get enough ideas by Sept 1st, after that I will probably have a voting period for the ideas that i liked the most. And on the 6th we will probably be able to start the actual contest.

Also please let me know if you would be interested in participating in the contest. I need to make sure we have enough people interested in participating.

PS. If anyone wants to donate any prizes for the contest please let me know. Currently the only prizes I myself can provide is 40

, journal features, and being added to the group's Featured and Favourites galleries.

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~MInecraftianGuy3 May 10, 2013

I LOVE THE DESERT!! *at least when I'm not dying of thirst*

~ynissim Apr 28, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

welcome back after long time of absence

~asyenka May 12, 2013 General Artist

Thank you! I was very busy with work and completely forgot about managing this group. I was glad to see people are still adding their work to this group though.