
Love the desert-themed murals in this Tempe mall. . . showing on the inside, what was once outside.

the website of Mark S Bailen

Love the desert-themed murals in this Tempe mall. . . showing on the inside, what was once outside.


A desert inside an aquarium inside a mall inside a desert. . .

Preparing for climate change… the Omaha Zoo created the world’s largest indoor desert

Faux-rock cave that leads directly to the underworld.

Water in the desert.

In North Phoenix there are thirty-three acres of plush Tiffway 419 Hybrid Bermuda Sports Turf (whatever that is). This is where Leaf played soccer last weekend. Surrounding the soccer complex was a buffer of native habitat with DANGER signs. The signs didn’t say the area was protected, just dangerous. Why? Jumping cholla? Killer javelina? Or maybe, native habitat around Phoenix has officially been deemed dangerous.