Other landscapes announce their vitality, they boast of their abundance, they make it obvious to all who visit that they are full of life, with their vibrant flowers and rushing streams and singing, swinging creatures. The desert appears empty and inhospitable, it refuses to make a show of itself, it leaves one wondering if life can even be found out there at all. And yet, of course, there is life. Perhaps the most adaptable, most resilient life there is.
