A(n exquisite!) photo by Alice Abela from very nearby to here, but looking more to the northwest, can be viewed here. In Alice's photo, the highest point on the most distant ridge (at center-left of the image) is the summit of Caliente Mountain.

The abundant small yellow-flowered annual covering the foreground area in this photo is goldfields (Lathenia californica). The large shrubs are mostly ephedra (Ephedra californica), with much less frequent junipers (Juniperus californica). Lest you think all the plants here had specific epithet californica, note that there were two conspicuous species of locoweed present and in flower: the taller, erect Astragalus oxyphysus; and the low-growing & sprawling A. lentiginosus var. nigricalycis ;-)