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The Mojave Project
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The Territorial Urge and the Strange Places It Birthed
Post date:Jackrabbit Homesteading and California City are examples of two uniquely bizarre mid-century development patterns found in the Mojave Desert.
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The Technicolor Desert: Cinema and the Mojave
Post date:Virtually pressed up against the northern boundaries of Los Angeles, the Mojave Desert can be considered Hollywood’s backyard if not its backlot. See the Mojave take on multiple guises in well-loved movies throughout the decades.
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All That Glitters: Gold Mining's Environmental Effects in the Mojave
Post date:A historical gold boom has resulted in thousands of abandoned mines spread across the Mojave desert that have grave environmental repercussions.
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Making Astronauts in Mojave
Post date:Mojave, CA (pop. 4,238) has been the center of civilian-led, commercial space travel since 2004. Astronautics companies are now reaching into space in their effort to provide commercial spaceflight to those who can afford it.
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Multi-disciplinary
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How the Extraterrestrial Inspired Some of the Mojave's Great Landmarks
Post date:Alien sightings and contacts have inspired the continuing allure of the Mojave Desert's great landmarks: Giant Rock and Integratron.
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How a Struggling Desert Town Turned to Pot Cultivation to Pull Itself Out of Poverty
Post date:Branded in the past for having “more prisons than supermarkets,” Adelanto’s city leaders have turned to commercial cannabis cultivation to pull the city out of insolvency.
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That High Desert Sound
Post date:The Mojave Project traces the musical heritage of Pioneertown and other adjacent communities of the High Desert.
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Mojave Project: Devils Hole Simulacra
Post date:A cultural history of conservationist efforts to save the Devils Hole pupfish along with the endemic species of the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.
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Mojave Project: Divining Devils Hole
Post date:The depth of Devils Hole, a fossil water portal into an ancient aquifer in Nye County, Nevada is still not known. The geothermal abyss is home to the endangered Devils Hole pupfish -- the rarest known pupfish in the world.
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Multi-disciplinary
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Gopherus Agassizii: A Cultural History of Tortoises
Post date:The desert tortoise, the state reptile for both Nevada and California, truly embodies the physicality and timelessness of the Mojave Desert but is also most negatively affected by our own human presence herein.
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Multi-disciplinary
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Ward Valley: An Extreme and Solemn Relationship
Post date:In the 1990s, California's Ward Valley became ground zero in the fight over nuclear waste, endangered species and sacred lands.
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Multi-disciplinary
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Gem-O-Rama: Mojave Playa Interventions, Part II
Post date:The Mojave Project explores the eclectic desert communities of the Mojave Desert.
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Multi-disciplinary
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Gem-O-Rama: Mojave Playa Interventions, Part II
Post date:The Mojave Project explores the eclectic desert communities of the Mojave Desert.
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Multi-disciplinary
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The Mojave Project: Reimagining the Amargosa
Post date:Susan Sorrells' creative vision helped reinvent Shoshone, California from a fading mining town into a thriving desert ecotourism destination.
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Multi-disciplinary
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Land Speeding at El Mirage: Mojave Playa Interventions P.3
Post date:Since the 1920s, gearheads and hot rodders have flocked to the flat alkali playas of the western Mojave Desert, setting land speed records that continue to be pushed today.
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Multi-disciplinary
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Reyner Banham Loves the Mojave
Post date:British architectural historian/critic Reyner Banham had a thing about deserts -- specifically those of the American Southwest and, in particular, the Mojave Desert.