From coastal La Jolla and Oceanside to the Anza-Borrego Desert, some local photographers captured several angles of snow-capped mountains ... Palomar Mountain in the background.

Camera operator Oliver Mueller films snow covered cactus in the Sonoran desert. Photographer: Paul Williams Suddenly we were torn between filming desert snow in the United States and a wildflower ...

A lightly snowed Palomar Mountain is seen in the background ... Even the Anza-Borrego Desert saw some snow last week, a rare sight blending cacti and sand with the white of winter.