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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World Bee Day
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Cherry blossoms spring to life
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Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
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Oymyakon, Russia
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Stompin’ with the Big Chief
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Here s looking Atchafalaya
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Assembling the Smithsonian
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3,000 years of history
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A castle fit for a count
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World Octopus Day
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Angkor, Cambodia
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World Sea Turtle Day
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Yellow-eyed penguins, Moeraki, New Zealand
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Khao Sok National Park in Thailand
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Marseille welcomes the Olympic torch
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A palace for the public
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Badlands National Park turns 44
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Nothing plain about it
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Wilderness Act anniversary
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Birds of a feather flocking together
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Life in the slow lane
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Casting a vote for women s history
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Weaverbird nests at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve
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A night of art and culture
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Pollinator Week
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Reflections on Memorial Day
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Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia
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Nesting season for the leatherbacks