![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/574/jpeg/04t.jpg) Prickly pears cactus (zoomed) near Fishing Beach. Sandy Hook, New Jersey, March 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/574/jpeg/06t.jpg) Ruins near Fishing Beach. Sandy Hook, New Jersey, March 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/574/jpeg/03t.jpg) North Beach. Sandy Hook, New Jersey, March 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/574/jpeg/01t.jpg) Sandy Hook Lighthouse, view from Hudson Drive. Sandy Hook, New Jersey, March 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/574/jpeg/10t.jpg) View of Manhattan from North Beach. Sandy Hook, New Jersey, March 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/574/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dead trees on dunes of North Beach Sandy Hook, New Jersey, March 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/569/jpeg/08t.jpg) Keepers quarters and Sandy Hook Lighthouse, view from Hudson Drive. Sandy Hook, New Jersey, February 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/579/jpeg/18t.jpg) View of Sandy Hook Bay and Sandy Hook from Mount Mitchill Scenic Overlook. Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, April 22, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/569/jpeg/07t.jpg) Sandy Hook Lighthouse and keepers quarters, view from the west. Sandy Hook, New Jersey, February 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/569/jpeg/01t.jpg) Sandy Hook Beach D near Visitor Center. New Jersey, February 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/579/jpeg/23t.jpg) A tree on dunes of north beach in Sandy Hook. New Jersey, April 22, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/569/jpeg/03t.jpg) Sand dunes of North Beach. Sandy Hook, New Jersey, February 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/574/jpeg/07t.jpg) Nike Missiles at the entrance of Fort Hancock Historic District. Sandy Hook, New Jersey, March 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/574/jpeg/02t.jpg) Parade Ground and barracks, view from Guardian Park road. Sandy Hook, New Jersey, March 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/574/jpeg/08t.jpg) A house in north part of Fort Hancock Historic District, view from Kearney Road. Sandy Hook, New Jersey, March 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/579/jpeg/22t.jpg) A tree on northern tip of Sandy Hook. New Jersey, April 22, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/13t.jpg) Prickly pears cactus in snow near a road between White s City and Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/579/jpeg/20t.jpg) A pier in the area of US Coast Guard in Sandy Hook. New Jersey, April 22, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/579/jpeg/21t.jpg) A tree in the area of US Coast Guard in Sandy Hook. New Jersey, April 22, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/569/jpeg/06t.jpg) One of barracks in Fort Hancock Historic District. Sandy Hook, New Jersey, February 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/569/jpeg/05t.jpg) Frozen bay from Fort Hancock Historic District. Sandy Hook, New Jersey, February 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/569/jpeg/02t.jpg) View of Brooklyn NY from a trail north from parking area M. Sandy Hook, New Jersey, February 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/569/jpeg/04t.jpg) Barracks around Parade Ground in Fort Hancock Historic District. Sandy Hook, New Jersey, February 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/569/jpeg/09t.jpg) A balcony of a barrack at Magruder Road in Fort Hancock Historic District. Sandy Hook, New Jersey, February 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/610/jpeg/14t.jpg) Purple spineless prickly pears cactus in Davis Mountains State Park. Fort Davis, Texas, December 29, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/610/jpeg/15t.jpg) Magenta tinged prickly pears cactus on northern hill in Davis Mountains State Park. Fort Davis, Texas, December 29, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/13t.jpg) El Capitan Mountain with prickly pears cactus in foreground, view from upper Roadside Park. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/604/jpeg/04t.jpg) Prickly pears cactus on a small ridge near Juniper Canyon Trail south from Upper Juniper Spring. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 22, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/725/jpeg/19t.jpg) Shoot of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Antique Rose Emporium in Independence. Texas, March 22, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) on a shoot of prickly pears cactus in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3480/jpeg/02t.jpg) Skeleton of a dry pad of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2662/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dry pad skeleton of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 13, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2654/jpeg/07t.jpg) Skeleton of a dry pad of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/214/jpeg/37t.jpg) Prickly pears (sabra) cactus on the roadside in Nizzanim. The Middle East, July 19, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/736/jpeg/16t.jpg) Flower bud of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, April 19, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/736/jpeg/18t.jpg) Vegetative shoot of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, April 19, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/686/jpeg/02t.jpg) Prickly pears cactus on East Trail in Lost Maples State Natural Area. Vanderpool, Texas, November 8, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/736/jpeg/15t.jpg) Rapidly growing vegetative shoot of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, April 19, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/736/jpeg/19t.jpg) Snail feeding on a fresh young pad of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, April 19, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/121/jpeg/07t.jpg) Prickly pears cactus (known as sabra in Israel) in downtown Beer-Sheva, at intersection of Rager and Tuvyahu Street. The Middle East, February 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/740/jpeg/13t.jpg) New growth of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/936/jpeg/18t.jpg) Blooming prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 30, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/745/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dried sap of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/640/jpeg/21t.jpg) Sprout of prickly pears cactus (opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 6, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/640/jpeg/22t.jpg) Emerging sprout (new pad) of prickly pears cactus (opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 6, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/738/jpeg/21t.jpg) Blooming Prickly pears (Opuntia) cactus in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, April 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/736/jpeg/17t.jpg) Rapidly growing vegetative shoot of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) with fleshy, green, leaf-like phylloclades in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, April 19, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/10t.jpg) Prickly pears near El Capitan Trail. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/09t.jpg) Prickly pears and yucca near El Capitan Trail. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/576/jpeg/01t.jpg) A beach under Garden Pier. Atlantic City, New Jersey, March 24, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/576/jpeg/10t.jpg) The beach boardwalk, view to south-west from a mall overpass. Atlantic City, New Jersey, March 24, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/576/jpeg/09t.jpg) The beach boardwalk and Bally s Casino, view from a mall overpass. Atlantic City, New Jersey, March 24, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2677/jpeg/23t.jpg) Young pad of prickly pears (Opuntia) in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, March 31, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/602/jpeg/02t.jpg) Prickly pear cactus on Turkey Pass Trail in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, October 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/576/jpeg/06t.jpg) A beach boardwalk in Ventnor City. Atlantic City, New Jersey, March 24, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/576/jpeg/08t.jpg) Yachts on a beach in Ventnor City. Atlantic City, New Jersey, March 24, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/576/jpeg/05t.jpg) Catamarans on a beach in Ventnor City. Atlantic City, New Jersey, March 24, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/604/jpeg/25t.jpg) Purple-tinged prickly pear cactus in the middle part of Smokey Creek Trail. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/605/jpeg/13t.jpg) Purple-tinged prickly pear cactus on Smokey Creek Trail near Trap Spring east from Mule Ear Overlook. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/669/jpeg/22t.jpg) Cactus coreid bug Chelinidea vittiger on a pad of prickly pear cactus in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3005/jpeg/02t.jpg) Nymphs of cactus bug Chelinidea vittiger feeding on prickly pear cactus in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, August 11, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/675/jpeg/10t.jpg) Cactus coreid bug Chelinidea vittiger nymph on a pad of prickly pear cactus in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 29, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1785/jpeg/02t.jpg) Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Dahl Al Hamam Park at Al Markhiya Street. Doha, Qatar, March 21, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/02t.jpg) Redeye prickly pear cactus (Engelmann prickly pear, Opuntia phaeacantha var. discata) on Savanna Meadow Trail in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/642/jpeg/22t.jpg) Nymphs of cactus bug Chelinidea vittiger feeding on prickly pear cactus (discolored areas of opuntia is the result of punctures) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 11, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/839/jpeg/16t.jpg) Elk on a sandy bar at low tide in French Beach (42 km Beach), on north-eastern coast. Qatar, March 4, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/839/jpeg/20t.jpg) Rippled texture of a sandy bar at low tide in French Beach (42 km Beach), on north-eastern coast. Qatar, March 4, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/839/jpeg/17t.jpg) Sand ripples on a sandy bar at low tide in French Beach (42 km Beach), on north-eastern coast. Qatar, March 4, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3403/jpeg/02t.jpg) Blooming prickly pears (Opuntia) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/839/jpeg/19t.jpg) "Arabic calligraphy" made by creeping sea worms on a sandy bar at low tide in French Beach (42 km Beach), on north-eastern coast. Qatar, March 4, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3501/jpeg/14t.jpg) Young pads of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3501/jpeg/16t.jpg) Top view of young pad of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3501/jpeg/15t.jpg) Close-up of young pad of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dwarf rosette lichen Physcia neogaea on a dry pad of prickly pear cactus in prairie in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dwarf rosette lichen Physcia neogaea on a dry pad of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2239/jpeg/23t.jpg) Pads of prickly peas cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3480/jpeg/03t.jpg) Texture of a pad skeleton of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3489/jpeg/04t.jpg) Prickly pear cactus on a mural "500 Anos de Resistencia" by Salvadoran artist Isaias Mata (1992) on 24th Street in Mission District of San Francisco. California, March 16, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/10t.jpg) Slender orange-bush lichen (Teloschistes exilis) together with Parmotrema and Physcia on an old pad of prickly pear cactus in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2239/jpeg/25t.jpg) Prickly peas cactus (Opuntia) with yellow Senecio(?) flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1048/jpeg/06t.jpg) Yellow flowers of prickly pears (Opuntia) in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, April 29, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/727/jpeg/25t.jpg) Tender young pad or nopalitos of prickly pear cactus (opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/984/jpeg/02t.jpg) Prickly pears in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, October 16, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3156/jpeg/22t.jpg) Pad of prickly pears (Opuntia) with a bug in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 22, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/572/jpeg/17t.jpg) A stream. Delaware Water Gap, New Jersey, March 3, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1000/jpeg/03t.jpg) Pad of prickly pears in a forest in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 8, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2699/jpeg/12t.jpg) Yellow flowers of prickly pears (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3202/jpeg/15t.jpg) Prickly pears (Opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, August 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2691/jpeg/01t.jpg) Prickly pears (Opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, April 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/573/jpeg/21t.jpg) Houses on Hamilton Street. Princeton, New Jersey, March 7, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/573/jpeg/03t.jpg) A house at 104 Mercer Street. Princeton, New Jersey, March 7, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/575/jpeg/20t.jpg) A mill on MillStone River. Kingston, New Jersey, March 20, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/572/jpeg/24t.jpg) A house at 89 Battle Road. Princeton, New Jersey, March 7, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/573/jpeg/17t.jpg) Jefferson(?) Road in snow. Princeton, New Jersey, March 7, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/573/jpeg/20t.jpg) Houses on Moore Street. Princeton, New Jersey, March 7, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/573/jpeg/01t.jpg) Institute for Advanced Study. Princeton, New Jersey, March 7, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/783/jpeg/01t.jpg) Fruits of prickly pears (Opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, July 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1103/jpeg/19t.jpg) Fruits of prickly pears (Opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 10, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/693/jpeg/05t.jpg) Pad of pricly pears (opuntia) cactus with snow in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, December 10, 2008
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