Today I learned that these cactus are incredibly sharp. The needles will go right through light hiking shoes. Ouch. They are very pretty though, particularly when the sun lights them up. ☀️🌵🥾

Teddy bear cholla cacti with pale yellow spines cover a rocky Sonoran Desert hillside, with mountains and hazy valley in the background.Cholla cactus covered in dense pale spines glowing in sunlight, with desert landscape and blue sky in the background.