Persistence of Labor II, originally uploaded by Unsettler.

This decaying fencepost in the middle of the Alvord Desert Basin is a remnant from a borax mining operation from the 19th century.

Visiting the Alvord in March presented some photographic challenges in the form of huge storms that would blow in every hour or so. The one in the background had just blown past me, giving me a rare and welcome patch of sunlight to work with.