This majestic and healthy Organ Pipe Cactus, (Stenocereus thurberi) was ‘captured’ in the midday light, on a cloudless hot day. It is located in the Sonoran Desert of the extreme Southwestern US and Northwestern Mexico and Baja.

The concept of Sanctuary is not new with the modern Human species. There have always been areas, specific locations, natural geologic features, human built structures that have been considered ‘Sanctuary’, or ‘A sanctuary’. A place of solitude, peace, spiritual connection, safety.