MCU ZOOM OUT from water puddle to prickly pear cactuses and ocotillo shrubs, high hill in background. CU of spines on prickly pear cactus segment. MS of prickly pear cactuses and ocotillo shrubs growing near arroyo that have turned into small river after heavy rainfall, mountain in background. MCU of brownish and pale decaying segments of prickly pear cactus laying in water. VAR of pale segments of prickly pear cactus by flooded arroyo, ocotillo shrubs in background. VAR of river surging through arroyo, lined on L by decaying prickly pear, and palo verde trees on the R. VAR of water coursing through arroyo, PAN R to rotting prickly pear segments. (42839)