My kid sister lives in 29 Palms....
I think this was near a canyon we could drive through that had colors from minerals on the canyon walls that was really something to see. There is something similar in Death Valley.
Sadly, I’ve done enough desert pipeline projects that I may have the wrong location.
“The desert has it’s beauty.....”
It takes more effort to find, see it, than a range of beautiful mountains or a river or an ocean.
But yes, the beauty is there, with lotsa critters and plants.
The “deserts” of the American Southwest lead you to places like Sedona, Bryce, Zion, Grand Canyon, etc.
“The desert has it’s beauty.....”
The most incredibly fantastic moonrise I’ve ever seen was outside of Needles. It seemed like it took up 1/3 of the horizon.