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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Endangered Species Day
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International Day of Mangrove Conservation
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Remembering the Velvet Revolution
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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Arches National Park, Utah
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Desert bighorn sheep in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
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Zion National Park Turns 100
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What kind of bird laid these eggs?
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Lake Magadi, Kenya
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Earth seen from the International Space Station
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World Hello Day
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Roques de Benet, Els Ports Natural Park, Catalonia, Spain
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The ‘Living Forest’ in Biscay, Spain
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National Moth Week
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Love blossoms
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Hey, don t you guys have somewhere to be?
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Dressed for winter fun
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World Meerkat Day
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Seven Magic Mountains art installation, Jean Dry Lake, Nevada
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Halfway Day
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You won’t see this on Mulberry Street
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Seitan Limania Beach, Crete
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The Bahamas
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Tolkien Reading Day
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European Day of Parks
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75 years of the United Nations
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Kinder Scout, Peak District National Park, England
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In celebration of America’s national bird
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Victory Day in Valletta
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Armbrug bridge, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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