The desert is a magical place. Maybe it’s the harshness of the environment and the lack of any extras whatsoever, but everything you experience in the desert seems that much more connected, somehow. It’s like your senses are amplified. Sounds and sights become stronger and more vibrant as time goes on (and it goes on in the desert, but at a different pace). You start seeing nature in a different light, and boy is the light something to behold out there. Night in the desert seems darker at first, but actually, you see more. Stars are brighter (on really clear desert nights you can even see distant galaxies with the naked eye), and come moonrise, you are in for a treat. As dawn draws near, the sky fires up in multiple colors, and as you crawl out of your tent, the air is pure. Nothing like cooking breakfast in the early hours of desert silence (if you can get your campmates to shut up for a second!).
If you haven’t been, go. Here’s a little motivation:

