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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Celebrating 54 years of Capitol Reef National Park
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Humpback whales in Maui, Hawaii
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Whales in winter
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Canadian Thanksgiving
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Taking the forest to the cloud
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Working for that cliffside view
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The Roaches ridge in the Peak District, England
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Aýna, Albacete, Spain
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Row, row, row your gondola
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Traveling warblers
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Diwali
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Champaka Sarasi, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India
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Pride 2022
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Happy New Year! (Again!)
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White trilliums blooming in Ontario, Canada
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Christmas comes to New York City
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European Day of Parks
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Ring of fire
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Waiting for winter
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Big dreams require a big sleigh
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Göreme, Cappadocia, Turkey
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The monsoon arrives in the desert
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Schönbrunn Palace Park, Vienna, Austria
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Drop in on International Surfing Day
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Aerial view of Venice, Italy
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Happy Boxing Day!
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Fish River Canyon, Namibia
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Tibetan New Year
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Manatees rebound
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The Kelpies statues in Falkirk, Scotland
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