{"id":1977,"date":"2012-01-31T12:25:28","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T20:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.russbishop.com\/blog\/?p=1977"},"modified":"2018-03-09T10:34:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T18:34:59","slug":"organ-pipe-cactus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/organ-pipe-cactus\/","title":{"rendered":"Organ Pipe Cactus"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.photoshelter.com\/img-show\/I00000KdvjHMjuOw\/s\/900\/1353\/905740hx.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"&quot;Southwest Sentinel&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.photoshelter.com\/img-get\/I00000KdvjHMjuOw\/s\/900\/1353\/905740hx.jpg\" alt=\"Evening light on brittlebush and Organ Pipe Cactus, Organ Pipe Cactus NM, Arizona\" width=\"900\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evening light on brittlebush and Organ Pipe Cactus, Organ Pipe Cactus NM, Arizona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tucked away on the southern border of Arizona and Mexico, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is one of the least visited units\u00a0of the National Park system.\u00a0Yet this relatively small park has a wealth of subject matter for great photography.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s named for the stately succulents that\u00a0are prominent south of the border, but\u00a0can only found in this remote section of the United States. While not as iconic (or photographed) as the more prevalent saguaro, the organ pipe cactus has a graceful profile that photographs well against the expansive southwest skies and its rocky habitat.<\/p>\n<p>Spring is an excellent time to visit with vibrant wildflower displays including poppy and brittlebush, and the occasional lightning storm that can provide a dramatic evening of entertainment and image making.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Russ Bishop\/All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tucked away on the southern border of Arizona and Mexico, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is one of the least visited units\u00a0of the National Park system.\u00a0Yet this relatively small park has a wealth of subject matter for great photography. It&#8217;s named for the stately succulents that\u00a0are prominent south of the border, but\u00a0can only found in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/organ-pipe-cactus\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Organ Pipe Cactus&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,173,8,20],"tags":[37,87,56,36,334,425,569,52],"class_list":["post-1977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-landscape-photography","category-nature-photography","category-travel","tag-arizona","tag-cactus","tag-desert","tag-national-parks","tag-organ-pipe","tag-photography","tag-russ-bishop","tag-southwest"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}