To celebrate the final weekend of National Park Week, we"re at Joshua Tree National Park in southeastern California, about a three-hour drive from Los Angeles. This 1,235-square-mile stretch of land where the Mojave and Colorado Deserts converge was declared a national monument in 1936, then was redesignated a national park in 1994. That status protects a wide variety of plant and animal life, including the eponymous Joshua tree, which can be found growing mostly in the hills on the Mojave side of the park.
A garden of prickly delights
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
‘Fringe’ takes center stage as Edinburgh celebrates the arts
-
Assembling the Smithsonian
-
Spring comes to the Diablo foothills
-
Burchells zebras for International Zebra Day
-
Sanxiantai Dragon Bridge in Taitung, Taiwan
-
Cinco de Mayo
-
Independence Day
-
Take me to the river
-
The Girl Scouts celebrate 110 years
-
Happy Thanksgiving from an expert face-stuffer
-
Point Reyes National Seashore
-
All eyes on moths
-
Father s Day
-
State funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
-
They’re grrrape!
-
Seasonal lights dazzle in Japan
-
Summer’s in home stretch
-
International Whale Shark Day
-
At the gates of the ksar
-
A holiday beacon of light
-
International Rock Day
-
Polar bear season in Manitoba
-
Icelandic horses, Iceland
-
Zelenci Nature Reserve, Slovenia
-
What happened to these clouds?
-
Cosplay strongly encouraged
-
Eben Ice Caves, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
-
Indian Independence Day
-
Guanahacabibes National Park, Cuba
-
Regional Park of Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli, Italy