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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National Llama Day
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World Otter Day
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Llama Day
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Gray seal pup, Norfolk, England
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Is that a smile?
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Welcome to California
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This grizzly has Napping Day down
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Why do elephants hide in trees?
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Harbor and longtail boats at Ko Samui, Thailand
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Four Sisters, thousands of trees
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Celebrating Charles Darwin
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D-Day remembered
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Freshwater plants in Aquário Natural, Brazil
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Paralympic Games begin in Paris
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Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, California
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Demoiselle cranes, India
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Work out on your way to work
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A monster view in Scotland
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International Museum Day
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Bidding summer adieu
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The migrating monarchs of Michoacán
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Great cormorants
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Bonsai Rock, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
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Belém Tower, Lisbon, Portugal
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Diamond Beach, Iceland
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Füzér Castle in the Zemplén Mountains, Hungary
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Nursing the world to health
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Bridge to infinity
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Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
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Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
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