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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Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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First day of National Park Week
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Death Valley National Parks Anniversary
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Tasiilaq, Greenland
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Travels to the Oregon deep
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Thunderstorm above the plains, Bulgaria
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Bản Giốc–Detian Falls, Vietnam
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Goliath heron in Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Rice processing in Bangladesh
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Christmas Bird Count
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Great Barrier Reef from above, Queensland, Australia
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Ardez, Graubunden, Switzerland
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Everest s shadow on the Himalayas
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Folegandros Island, Cyclades, Greece
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‘Ciao’ from Varenna
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Autumn in Piedmont
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Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy
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Puma in Patagonia
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Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia
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Taughannock Falls State Park
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World Honey Bee Day
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Telašćica Nature Park, Dugi Otok, Croatia
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The Easter Bunny’s story
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Flooded crypt, Basilica of San Francesco, Ravenna, Italy
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Mount Pico, Portugal
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