Shutter Mike Photography

The Smell of Rain in the Desert

Creosote Bush – Larrea tridentata

f/5.6 – 1/400 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 50 mm

The “smell of rain” in the Arizona desert is synonymous with the Creosote (cree‘-uh-sote) bush.  After a desert rain storm the air is filled with a very distinct odor that most Arizonans associate with rain.