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
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Skógafoss waterfall, Iceland
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Kinder Scout, Peak District National Park, England
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Lighting the way to new beginnings
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Regional Park of Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli, Italy
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National Trails Day
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Leaves of Grass
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Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany
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Happy birthday to Crater Lake National Park
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Mont-Saint Michel during high tide, Normandy, France
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The last thing seen by Wile E. Coyote
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World Water Day
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Penguin Awareness Day
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Dunquin Pier, County Kerry, Ireland
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Belgium celebrates its independence
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An opulent backdrop for a historic event
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A tower of remembrance
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Autumn comes to Old Town
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Barn swallows of different subspecies resting together
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Everglades National Park marks 90 years
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Winter at Valley Forge
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Oh, the places you’ll go
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Every day is Napping Day for this screech owl
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Frankenstein Friday
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Amur leopard cat, Russia
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The birth of Bauhaus
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The Battle of the Bulge 75 years later
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Infant Sumatran orangutan, Indonesia
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An ancient sailing tradition takes to the water
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World Lizard Day
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Basking in the glow
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