Sonoran Desert

mysterious character and an extremely powerful practitioner of alchemy who resides at the Al-Fayoum oasis. He appears to possess magical powers and he is able to convert all metals into gold and cure all ills. The mythical magic that surrounds his desert existence enchants even those who

My National Park is Great Sand Dunes in Colorado. I think that it is the most valuable because there is a great diversity of habitats and animals there. Alpine Tundra is the highest ecosystem at Great Sand Dunes. The conditions are too harsh for trees to live there, but wild flowers, pikas, marmots, ptarmigans, and bighorn sheep live happily in these challenging conditions. The dune field with the tallest dunes in North America spreads across 30 square miles. These dunes are a place of extremes;

Death Valley surprisingly has a great diversity of life Reporter(R): Why do you want to go to Death Valley? It sounds very dangerous. Lai(L): Oh, because we wanted to collect meterial for our report. The subject is about desert. Zou(Z): We had heard that even there is a desert, there also have great diversity of life. R: You two did saw there is a great diversity of life? Z: Yes, we saw especially lots of wildflowers. R: You think why these flowers can inhabit there? L: The rainstorm! Even if there's

My main focus of this story is the boy, whose name is Santiago. Santiago is the main character of the book, The Alchemist. He is the protagonist of this story and faces many challenges. This child was born in a small town in Andalusia, who attended the seminary, but now he travels around the world. Before he traveled around the world, he asked his father’s permission to become a Shepherd. His father agreed with him and gave him money. One night in an abandoned church, he dreamed of a child telling

think about giving up, and not finding treasures. Because he wants to stay with her. And he is worrying that if he left Fatima, someone else will take over her. However, Fatima, as a woman, wants Santiago to continue his trip. She thinks that man of desert needs to fight and she has confidence of their love. Fatima’s words encourages Santiago, and he promises her to come back. Fatima changes Santiago's life in a positive way, she teaches him love and his

Many people have various connections with some place, person, or object. People as living machines of knowledge at the very top of the food chain are more advanced than any other creature on earth. Men tend to have many connections with faith, places, objects and even ideas, though the one connection above all is with another person who follows the same idea and the final conclusion. In the book “The Alchemist” By Paulo Coelho two people are fed the words of “Personal legend,” and “The Soul of the

Deserts cover 1,371,000 square kilometres (18%) of Australia’s mainland. Deserts & their arid climatic conditions are generally found in the central west & interior lowlands of the continent. There are ten deserts in Australia: the Great Victoria Desert, the Great Sandy Desert, Tanami Desert, Simpson Desert, Gibson Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Strzelecki Desert, Sturt Stony Desert, Tirari Desert & Pedirka Desert. Only 3% of the country’s population live in the desert. Features & Climate (Tanami

Throughout Santiago’s journey, he had several setbacks. As Santiago begins his journey to his treasure, he enters the continent of Africa and stops at a bar. Santiago then meets a man he thinks he can trust. After entrusting the entrusting the man with his money, Santiago gets robbed and never sees the man or his money again. After that experience, Santiago learns it is difficult to trust people. This was a the first of a few major setbacks for him. In Africa with no money, Santiago has to find

The deserts of Arid-Taklamakan often considered by most as the "Kingdom of sand and danger", considering the hostile creatures living in the environment and extreme heat keeps people near the coastal city of Arid-Kasshrin to battle the extreme heat. Unfortunately for those who live in the deserts often faced the harshness of Taklamakan, demons who dwell within the desert itself, settlements were established for those who can survive it's trials. The age of trading has begun but with an unfortunate

On Sunday June 28th, 2015 I had the pleasure of viewing Other Desert Cities by playwright Jon Robin Baitz. The play was put on by Performance Network Theatre in Ann Arbor, Michigan directed by David Wolber. I saw this play because I remembered performing in the space before with Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit and I had never heard of Other Desert Cities before. Other Desert Cities was an amazing play to watch. This well directed drama will keep you at the edge of your seat throughout the entire